Chapter 252. Celica
“Could you please explain what happened?”
“Of course.”
A dawn after a commotion.
Damian pulled a chair and sat down to face Schluse Heinkel.
Ataturk and his escorts were behind Damian, and Trie alone was guarding Schlust’s back.
“No, no. I’ll explain it to you once. Your Excellency will listen to you from beginning to end and point out any mistakes.”
“Anyway.”
“Serica. I did not know the face of Celica Aias. You can’t go unnoticed that it’s the same.”
“Yes. They are the same person, so of course.”
“His Excellency called the dancer into the room at night. Everyone must have thought it was His Excellency’s mere hobby, but there must have been some kind of contract made inside. You must have caught it.”
“·······.”
Damian’s face was slightly distorted before he knew it.
That was mostly true.
Schlus Heinkel deceived Celica.
At the same time, he ordered Hurt Locker and Jin to thoroughly grasp the details of the remnant forces of Aias, and today they defeated them all at once.
But if there’s one thing Damian doesn’t notice, it’s probably what Schluss intends to do with Celica.
“Your Excellency. I could have helped you if you had told me beforehand.”
“I didn’t need it. Our resources were sufficient.”
“Should I accept all of this as the will of His Majesty the Emperor?”
“It has nothing to do with Your Majesty.”
“If that’s the case, it’s even more difficult, Your Excellency. If you carry out the operation alone in the desert frontier, without even asking for my intentions and using a spy like this-“
“Does it matter?”
“Your Excellency…”
“I’m asking if it’s a problem.”
“There is no problem…”
Damian lowered his eyes and replied.
It meant surrender.
Of course, this was a surrender only for now.
No matter what Schluss Heinkel says in the future, Damian will be suspicious.
Even though he seems to be submissive and compliant on the surface, he intends to further expand his surveillance of Schluss Heinkel from now on.
Of course, as Schluse, I wanted to tell Damian in advance.
I wanted to inform the details of the operation and prepare together.
But he knew very well that it was impossible for Damian to laugh and cooperate just because he told me that.
Who would welcome it if he said he would play the game in his own territory?
That’s why I decided to proceed without informing even if it caused some antipathy.
Because Damian has a crush on Schlust, so there’s not much he can do.
Nothing like the Duke could touch Schluss Heinkel, who had already become the second-in-command of the Empire.
“May I ask for the extradition of the criminal?”
“All of Ajax’s followers except Celica will guide you. But Celica will protect you a little more from this side.”
“Protection ramen…?”
“A storm is coming soon. I don’t think the cages here will be able to withstand the storm.”
“·······.”
Damian’s eyes trembled.
Schluss got up from his seat and pushed his chair back.
Damian stayed still and followed Schluse with his eyes.
As he was about to leave the Prime Minister’s Residence, Schluss stopped.
No matter how much I thought about it, I felt so sorry for the duke that I felt I needed to give him a hint.
“Duke.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Be careful with those close to you.”
“What do you mean?”
“Just be aware of that.”
Schlus left the official residence with Iman Trier.
When he finally disappeared, Damian burst out laughing.
“Ha! hahahaha······· Ha······.”
Fingernails dug into the palms of his clenched fists, blood trickling down.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was absurd.
He came to the desert frontier out of the blue, so he gave me a grand welcome event and even a banquet.
What I said at the end didn’t sound like advice at all.
It seems like he was saying to be careful of Atatürk, but it seemed that he was trying to stir up alienation.
Will Schluss Heinkel get into trouble if he agrees with Atatürk?
I didn’t know.
The only thing that was certain was that from now on, things would not go according to Schluss Heinkel’s will.
“Ataturk. Come here.”
“Yes, Duke.”
“We must prepare for the storm. Raise the military alert to the highest level.”
“I will.”
However, I had to prepare for the ‘storm’ right away.
The last princess of Aias, who had been hidden for years, has appeared.
A living, breathing cause for war, the justification for recovering the homeland, and the center of the elven tribe’s unity.
She’s a tricky woman who can’t be easily killed or let go.
The whole desert will be rocked when she is revealed and captured.
The wave was never going to be quiet.
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“I knew it would be like this. You bastard…”
“If you knew this would happen, you should have run away.”
“That’s it! Schluss Heinkel! You bastard…!”
Incessant shouts erupted from inside the cage.
I was worried that I might end up hoarse.
In the end, I had to wait a bit longer for Celica to calm down.
You can’t have any conversation at all if you’re in that state right now.
“Really bad asshole…”
“·······.”
After that, it must have been about 10 minutes.
Celica was tired before she knew it, and she sat down against the wall while quietly cursing.
I gestured to the guard to leave.
All the guards went out, and the door slammed shut.
In case you didn’t know, I opened the recognition system and removed my lips.
“Are you comfortable there?”
“Are you comfortable? Putting people behind bars?”
“·······.”
Still, it was my best consideration.
I rented an entire hotel and locked myself in a luxurious room with separate bars.
Seeing that she was dissatisfied with this level of treatment, it seemed that a princess was a princess.
“Shall I guess what you mean? You’ll need me. Every word I say makes the whole desert shake. You want me to tell the elves to adapt to the world? Submit to the humans. Aias The kingdom is in cooperation with the Freya Empire, so stop resisting.”
“·······.”
“I’m sorry, but it’s all a waste of money. You don’t have to treat me to this and that, and give me a superficial rank. I’ll never say anything you guys want. You’d better shut me up sooner?” Like cutting or something.”
Selica’s sharp eyes were directed straight at me.
To be honest, I had a slight urge to make those eyes mild.
I wanted to break that determination to never give in and change it to the shape I wanted.
But if I did that, it would be irreversible.
It would have worse consequences than killing Celica.
I sighed deeply and inserted the key into the iron window to open it.
When she stepped inside and slammed the door, Celica flinched and startled as she sneakily backtracked.
“There is no killing. Serving this and that is not something to expect in return.”
“Then?”
“To give a noble person the treatment he deserves.”
“Hey! I said something after defeating the guards. Are you trying to seduce me? Speaking of lowly human commoners.”
“Yeah. You’re right, b*tch. You’ve even opened the barrier, so don’t be a little more honest.”
“Uh, uh…?”
Selica’s face gradually began to be colored with a light of bewilderment.
She understood what was being said, but her expression looked as if she didn’t quite understand.
She No, rather than saying she didn’t understand, it would be more appropriate to say she didn’t understand.
As if she was waiting for me to correct her mistakes, Celica just stared at me dumbly with her mouth open.
“I don’t want anything from you. You just have to faithfully play the role of a poor princess captured by the villain Schluss Heinkel.”
“That, what is that…”
“Rumors that you are being held in the Desert Frontier must have spread throughout the desert by now. Rumors have spread that there is a cause here that can boost the morale of the people and claim sovereignty over the Desert Frontier lands just by getting your hands on it.” That. What will happen then?”
“The tribal chiefs… Will all gather…”
That was the correct answer.
The tribal chiefs gather in the desert frontier.
Whether you bring a small army or just verbally criticize, everyone will come together.
Whether or not Celica can be freed like that, there’s no reason not to give it a try.
If it fails, it’s just a waste, and if it succeeds, it’s a huge jackpot.
“What are you going to do with all of them together? Gather all the tribal chiefs in one place… Ah, no way.”
Selica’s face turned white.
It seemed that he had imagined the number of terrifying cases.
For example, I killed all the tribal chiefs…
That was the worst handshake ever.
If it did, it would be enough to turn the entire elves into enemies for the next hundred years.
“Wrong. I’m trying to gather them to have a moderate conversation.”
“A moderate conversation? Really…. Who is the guy who threatened people into becoming terrorists and betrayed them? Have a moderate dialogue?”
“It’s hard to believe, but it is.”
A more serious and calm conversation than ever before will be possible with the tribal chiefs, who rushed in feverishly at the news that Celica was being captured.
Everyone knows that everyone gathers to eat bean curd, so there’s no need to save face.
And if you’re lucky, and if the timing is right, you might be able to show the tribal chiefs what a real threat threatens humanity.
This will enable constructive negotiations around a common goal.
What we want is not a big deal.
A non-aggression pact with the desert and a joint war with the Mine are enough.
I just hope that the desert won’t be easily destroyed by Asylum and Mine.
Just leaving the western front to the elves would give the empire a lot of room.
“What should I do in that conversation?”
“Don’t think about anything. You just have to scream or scream to be saved like a princess caught by a villain.”
“That’s right now…!”
Seeing her face flushed red, Celica must have been very upset.
It would be nice if I could have a positive relationship with Serikawa, but… I’m not sure.
I lost all will to improve the relationship.
“A bastard. A bastard with no emotions.”
“You can curse as much as you like.”
“You don’t know what a person who has lost his country feels like. He’s a psychopath who can’t understand people’s feelings. He’s a bastard who only sees people, countries, and anything else as his own chess pieces.”
“·······.”
I flinched and my fingertips trembled.
A bastard who only sees people as chess pieces.
In the past, this comment might not have hit me at all.
Because I thought of myself that way.
But not now.
I am trying to see each and every person in this world as a person.
If they are not living people, then neither Emilia nor Iris are human.
Because all the people I love are denied.
So a little… Yes.
I was furious.
“I don’t know how it feels to lose a country.”
“Of course. You’ve never lost anything.”
“That’s wrong. I lost my father in a war, my eyes and ears pushed off a cliff by a lord I served, and my mother lost by an agent of the realm.”
“Boo, if it’s your parents, then I-“
“And then I lost my lover. Twice. And then I’m here now. Lost something? Yes. Lost. All my life. On the other hand, what about you? The princess of a ruined country. Have you ever lost everything and ran away? Didn’t you comfortably ride a camel while being waited on by your entourage and servants?”
“·······.”
When I came to my senses, I was standing with Celica pushed against the wall before I knew it.
It was only then that I noticed that I was very excited.
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I lost my temper.
Even with the status of a princess, she didn’t even bother preparing for war, and it was not uncommon for a b*tch who had lived luxuriously all her life to discipline her.
Of course, this was a mistake.
I shouldn’t have shown her feelings to Celica.
It would have been better to remain as a cold-blooded person who doesn’t understand emotions and give people a sense of fear.
“Don’t touch…”
When I touched the key hanging around her neck, Celica twisted her body in her irritation.
Selica’s expression was defiant.
She had a face that kept her mouth shut because she wanted to refute something but had nothing to say.
I turned my back on Celica and walked over to her bed.
I was so tired after staying up all night.
Even if she asked to sleep here, it was unlikely that Celica would harm her, so she decided to sleep for about an hour.
“What, what? What do you mean?”
“I don’t mean anything. She’s going to sleep, so I know.”
“Here…?”
“Yes. The bed here is better than the bed in my house. Just sleep for a bit and I’ll be gone soon, so don’t worry.”
“·······.”
I laid her down and covered her with a blanket.
Then, just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard a rustle behind her.
Selica was sitting on the bed.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know that.”
“·······.”
“Schlus Heinkel. There are many rumors about you. Like the emperor’s hidden child, and the Pope’s chosen one… But that’s not true. You’re like any other commoner You got hit and lost a lot…”
“Stop the cheap pity.”
“I can’t help it if I take it like that. But I’m serious. I’m sorry.”
I felt Celica’s hand on my shoulder.
She glanced behind her, and before she knew it, Celica was lying side by side, staring at me.
Her eyes met and there was silence for a moment.
In the strange awkwardness, the moment Celica kissed her lips-
“Sleep. Wake me up in an hour.”
“Huh? Huh?”
I just turned my back.