117. For Peace
“What did you do to Stella!”
“I didn’t do anything in particular.”
Arsel glared fiercely at the queen and shouted loudly.
This is because Stella was seriously injured, even from a distance.
“Are you telling me to believe that now?!”
“It was just that he was so rampant that I suppressed him out of necessity. No further harm was done. “I didn’t want her to get hurt like this either.”
A queen speaking with only a few knights around her.
The queen shamelessly expressed regret while holding the blood-covered Stella.
“I made this choice for Hermod’s safety, so please understand.”
“…So what you did that day five years ago was all done for Hermod’s safety?”
“It was 5 years ago… Oh, are you talking about that time? All of the warrior’s companions-“
At that moment, Arcel disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Before she even realized she had moved, before she even noticed she was gone, Arcel was already right in front of the queen.
Kwaang…!
What I heard was a single loud noise.
“Try saying it again.”
“…!”
Her smoke cleared, and Arcel held Stella in one of her hands and aimed the holy sword at her queen’s neck with her other hand.
“Whoa, it’s better not to move. “Because I can make your queen a queen/king whenever I want.”
Of course, the knights tried to draw their swords, but Alfred’s skeletons had already surrounded them.
“Five years ago, I already found out that you were the culprit of it all. “The reason I came here is to make him pay for his sins and to ask why.”
“Hmm, even if you ask me why…”
But even though the queen had a blade in front of her, she only reacted indifferently.
I don’t know whether he is not afraid of death or whether he thinks Arcel will not kill him.
Arcel clicked her tongue and tightened her hand holding her sword, slightly cutting the queen’s white neck, causing drops of blood to flow.
“I am only moving for the maintenance of Hermod and world peace. Just like the warrior did in the past.”
And yet, the reaction is still the same.
No matter how much one is not afraid of death, how can a person be so calm?
Arcel smiled with her serene face and even got goosebumps when she saw the Queen talking.
“Why are you procrastinating so much?”
“…Alfred?”
At that time, Alfred, who had been watching quietly, sneaked out.
“If you want, I will handle it for you. Bye then. “You were the most unpleasant person I’ve ever seen.”
Phew!
A bone rose from the ground and pierced the queen’s heart.
At the tip of the pointed and sharp bone spear was a heart.
In the end, the queen remained silent, her arms and legs twitching slightly, but soon all her movements stopped.
“Okay, now it’s over. All you have to do is kill this guy quickly so he can’t say anything. Because in the end, if I die, that’s it.”
Alfred looked down at the queen and showed a satisfied expression.
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As Arcel looked at the motionless queen, many thoughts passed through her head.
Of course, it wasn’t that she didn’t imagine cutting off her head to make her pay for her crimes, but she thought this was a pretty vain end even in her own eyes.
In the end, was the queen just a weak human being?
“Oh, I forgot. “Didn’t you say you had something to ask her queen?”
Alfred, who then remembered that he had killed her too early, asked Arcel in confusion.
It seems that her actions took precedence over her thoughts because she felt disgusted with her queen.
“…No, it’s done. “Even if you find out about her, it won’t change anything.”
“If you want, you can raise her as an undead.”
“I don’t really want that either.”
If she is already dead, that is the end.
“I’m sorry about this. If I was going to kill you, I should have killed you in as painful a way as possible, but you killed me too quickly.”
“Rather than that, please ask for Stella. There were injuries to her chest and side. “It looks like she has stopped the bleeding, but she is not at ease yet.”
“I understand. I’ll send it to her grandmother and she’ll do something about it.”
Fortunately, it seems that Stella is still alive, and if she is treated in time, she will be able to recover quickly.
Alfred left Stella in the care of the skeleton and sent it somewhere.
This is probably where Zion is located.
“…”
Then what should we do now?
Now that the queen, the culprit of everything, has died, all that remains are the queen’s knights and Morrían.
If possible, I don’t want to harm anyone except the queen.
In the end, they were just people who had nothing to do with the incident five years ago, and they were also one of the people living in Hermod.
Moreover, even if they were loyal to the queen by sacrificing her life, it would not be difficult to subdue them.
Morian was the only one who was concerned, but ultimately showed no reaction when Alfred killed the queen.
Even now, all Morrian does is just stand there like a doll.
It felt a little strange, but that girl was also the one whose existence was strange in the first place.
“If you step back, I won’t cut you. And I have come only to condemn the sinner. “I’m not interested in you guys.”
Arsel said while holding the holy sword.
The knights around the queen remained silent and just watched the situation.
Still, they are all the queen’s knights, and even though they are wearing helmets, you can see that they are all knights with considerable skills.
“The only thing left for me to do is now in the royal castle, so I will speak once again for the last time. “Everyone, step back.”
“…”
Have Arcel’s feelings been conveyed?
The knights all put away their swords and made their way.
“Huh? “What, why is it moving?”
“…What?”
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However, the reason the knights gave way was not because of Arsel’s warning.
“That doesn’t make sense, I’m sure he’s dead-“
Arsel quickly turned around.
The Queen, who had clearly been stabbed in the chest, raised her hand and made a motion that seemed to restrain her knights.
Now I see that the reason her knights raised their swords was because there was an order from the queen.
“…Stella didn’t dirty her dress either, but Satan is really mischievous.”
The Queen dusted herself off and lifted herself up.
“Really, I wore my favorite dress because the hero was coming.”
“But isn’t it refreshing to see her chest open?”
“Did they take it off because her body was heavy?”
“It’s surprisingly comfortable. Would you like me to just take off your head?”
“I will decline. “Just because a person’s brain is important doesn’t mean that everything can be solved with just the head.”
That sight cannot help but be shocking.
The queen was alive even though there was a hole in her chest.
Even though the heart, an essential organ for human survival, was separated, the queen was moving as if nothing had happened.
“By the way, you speak well. If you pull out the heart, wouldn’t a human die? “If that’s the case, wouldn’t it have been better to just pull out your curse for a moment and wash it off?”
“Stop talking nonsense, it’s strange that I’m still alive like you with only my head left.”
“The Dullahan living next door was fine, so what?”
Alfred frowned and reacted in shock.
But Arcel could not help but be more wary of her queen.
How can the Queen, who is not Alfred and is just an ordinary human being, still survive after having her chest pierced?
Even Alfred could regenerate damaged parts, but she, the Queen, didn’t even have that.
She doesn’t even pay attention to her own heart, abandoned on the floor.
All the queen regretted was her dress, which was stained with her own blood.
Even now, the scenery across the street was clearly visible through the hole in her queen’s chest.
“Anyway, I think there’s a misunderstanding. Wouldn’t you like to talk slowly inside?”
“…Tell me why I should do that.”
At the queen’s suggestion, Arcel held the holy sword and stood guard.
It is not alive through magic.
It’s not like they’re undead.
If that were the case, the magic would have already been dispelled and its function stopped by the time his holy sword touched it.
In comparison, the queen in front of her was very fine.
In that case, the way of life itself could be said to be a similar category to Alfred.
Destroying the heart cannot kill the queen.
“Weren’t you curious about my reason? Why did something like that have to happen 5 years ago? “Why did I have to do that?”
Arsel was silent.
“Silence is perceived as positivity. But I already told you the conclusion. But I don’t think you understand that yet, so I’m telling you in detail.”
“Silence cannot be seen as positivity.”
“But you like conversation, right? “To the extent that even the demon called Satan is greeted with conversation instead of a sword.”
The queen said as she looked at Alfred in Arcel’s arms.
I couldn’t bear to refute those words.
Whatever the reason, it was true that she was friendly with Alfred rather than being hostile to him.
“Do whatever you want. No matter what the warrior chooses, I will simply fulfill my duty as her queen. “Other than that, I’m not really interested.”
The queen walked leisurely to her royal castle, passing Arcel as if asking her to follow her.
The knights followed the queen, and Morian also moved along with emotionless eyes.
“Are you really planning on following along? “It’s not some kind of cockroach, and it survives even if you puncture a hole in her chest, but then you can just erase it without a trace.”
“…His body may still remain inside the royal castle. “That has to be dealt with no matter what.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to erase the entire royal castle?”
“Hundreds of people live in the royal castle, not including soldiers and knights. “We can’t sacrifice them too.”
“You really went through a lot of trouble to save a few more people in the world.”
Alfred didn’t like the idea of following the queen’s words, but since Arcel said she would, she willingly went along.
A skeleton held Alfred’s head.
“Anyway, it’s really strange.”
“What do you mean?”
“Of course you are nothing to me, but among the demons, except for Grandma Clen, there is hardly anyone who can guarantee victory, right? But beyond subduing him, he made a perfect slut partner.”
Furthermore, although the Kingdom of Hermod was currently in shambles, Stella was in a relatively better state than expected for a battle that would have put her in such a state.
Especially with the ancient magic of the elves, the entire civilization of Hermod could have been swallowed up by the forest.
But even so, it was merely covered up.
“I probably couldn’t respond properly, someone made a surprise attack and instantly turned me into a rag.”
“That’s true.”
Arsel looked around and agreed with Alfred’s opinion.
It might have been different if she had used the bow, which was her original fighting method, instead of being swayed by her emotions, but in any case, it was the same as saying that the queen had the means to easily subdue Stella.
Arcel entered the royal castle holding his holy sword in his hand.
The maids and soldiers throughout the castle hid in fear.
Of course, I could still tell where they were and how they were looking at me.
“…Everyone is shaking.”
“Even though it’s chilly, it’s not winter yet, right?”
“It’s not about shivering from the cold. “You’re shaking with fear.”
There is no longer any longing for the past in those eyes.
Everyone was looking at Arcel with eyes full of fear, as if they were looking at the devil.
“Aha, as if you’ve seen the devil?”
“…Okay.”
It probably won’t be strange if Arcel looks like the devil in their eyes.
The warrior has come to take revenge.
She returned to burn the kingdom that had tried to execute her, accusing her of being a witch.
She has returned to destroy the kingdom she once protected with her own hands!
The witch will burn this world!
He was probably thinking these things.
“…”
Arcel seemed to have a bitter taste in his mouth.
“Then where should we start the conversation? Of course, everything is for world peace.”
And then I met the queen again in the throne room.
A very different landscape from the past.
The throne room was once the place where Arcel pledged her oath of world peace.
But it is different now.
Compared to then, we have come so far now.
“…Is it for peace until the end? Then let’s ask a different question.”
The queen greeted Arcel with her empty heart still empty.
“How are you trying to achieve that peace?”
Arcel asked, widening her eyes.
Blue light leaks from Arcel’s eyes.
Depending on the answer, it could be Arcel, not Alfred, who kills the queen next.
At that time, it will not end with a hole in her chest.
“As expected, you are wise.”
The queen smiled brightly at Arcel’s question.