134. First
If you think about it, it’s a really simple matter.
If you came to get the princess back, you just have to return the princess.
If you want to save the Crown Princess of Hilderan.
All you have to do is release the Crown Princess of Hilderan.
“If you return to the kingdom, there will be no reason for the kingdom of Hilderan to hang me.”
Of course, since there are 13 princesses and they have been humiliated, they will not disappear completely.
However, it was able to break the momentum once and for all.
To them, the 13th Princess was a useless sick person, so if they were to save the Crown Princess, they would watch the Empire’s bravery and deal with it after that, rather than doing anything bigger.
In other words, the worst disaster of dealing with at least two countries at once can be prevented unconditionally.
If you’re lucky, you can rule out Hilderan altogether.
“…you’re sending me back to the kingdom?”
“okay. But we can’t just let him go, so he’ll be rescued using Healan…”
Berger frowned. There was something strange about the atmosphere.
Ernya’s eyes met. The always-smiling smile was gone. The smile on his lips was also erased.
it’s like
‘When we first met…’
It was like Ernya Hilderan. This is the expression on the face of the 13th princess looking at the moonlight in her private palace.
From the moment he found Berge, he smiled, but that figure did not disappear.
‘what?’
What’s the problem?
“Aren’t you happy to return to the kingdom?”
I couldn’t understand.
No matter how hard she claimed to be the Four Heavenly Kings and helped Berge, she was a human in the end. She was the princess of the kingdom.
Unless you die in the tower, you must return someday.
“I helped the Demon King and became the Four Heavenly Kings. The Demon King has asked for it.”
“It was.”
I didn’t mean to become the Four Heavenly Kings. But he was right when he told Hillen Cargill to mess things up for him. Thanks to this, it was relatively easy to catch Hillen Cargill.
“I persuaded Kaede-sama and made known the secret vault of the nobles.”
“It was.”
“Even though it didn’t prevent the tower’s location from leaking out, Daphner-sama…”
“He helped kill me. I asked you to die and you performed perfectly. Thank you.”
In addition, I received a lot of small help. At first, he could not have imagined that he would receive this much help from the kidnapped princess, but now he is an indispensable talent in the tower.
“Are you still wanting to go back?”
“okay.”
But that’s it.
That’s no reason not to send her back to Hilderan.
Aside from being grateful for her, for Berge, the priority was unconditionally the top and herself.
Ernya will die if you don’t send it. But if you let it go, it might open up a way for you to live.
If so, you should definitely choose the latter.
“It’s also for you.”
And in the first place, this method is correct for Ernap.
It was better for us to return to the kingdom as a form of salvation and find our place than to stay together in the tower and sink together.
“. And it was never really just for me.”
“There are things the Demon Lord promised me. I will grant you a request.”
“There is, but…”
“I will write now. If it doesn’t work, it’s all I’ve gathered.”
over and over again.
“I.”
Emphasize one letter, one letter.
“I will not go back.”
* * *
···what?
Why is this happening?
The meeting is over. Ernian escaped from the 5th floor and went down to the 4th floor, and Berge broke the meeting.
It was a random idea, but it was the right way.
So I thought Ernya would easily agree.
No matter how cooperative she was with her, and no matter how sincere she was to the Four Heavenly Kings, she was still a human being. It was only natural that it was better to be in the human kingdom than in the Demon King’s Tower.
“It’s impossible to just ignore it and send it away….”
“Sounds natural.”
Ernyl Hilderan was closer to this tower than any other human. What if she has a bad feeling and confesses everything in the tower?
Berge’s future leaves a simple black light and becomes pitch-black darkness.
Those who used to be on the same side and then turned back are the scariest.
I had to somehow persuade her to return to the kingdom voluntarily.
“After all, you were too close to the human princess.”
“I cannot deny it. However, I would not have come this far without her help in the first place. You were also half accepted as a member of the tower, didn’t you?”
“It is.”
Even if I tried to behave differently from before the return, there were not one or two twists, so there were not one or two dangerous cases.
Without Ernyan, the situation would at least be worse than it is now.
No, he may have already died.
“Nevertheless. Why does the human princess refuse to return to her kingdom?”
Gordon’s common sense couldn’t quite understand it.
“Does it make sense to call yourself the Four Heavenly Kings by helping the Demon King?”
“…and that too.”
“Squeeze out a good way. Wasn’t it an adjutant to advise and assist the Demon King?”
“Even so, it’s beyond common sense…”
For Gordon, a princess named Ernyl Hilderan was incomprehensible even if they were together for the rest of their lives.
“…Then Hilderan will be put aside for a while, and what about Jespine? Even if the 3rd Prince delays it, it will come eventually. Is there any way to stop them?”
Hilderan wasn’t the only one aiming for the tower.
“there is.”
“Is there?”
“They are divided anyway.”
1st Prince, 2nd Prince, 1st Princess and 3rd Prince.
The third prince said that he would use the imperial bravery as an extension of the battle for succession to the throne.
It was proof that the Empire was arrogantly underestimating Berge, but it turned out better.
“It’s a crazy country where brothers shoot magic cannons and assassinate each other. There is a high possibility that we will also show our teeth towards each other rather than the Demon King.”
“We have to divide each other and make them fight.”
“Yes. The number of cases increases even more when the 3rd Prince has joined hands with His Majesty. Of course, you can’t always trust humans.”
“understood.”
In the end, the third prince is also a prince, and the empire is prioritized.
“Tell me to contact the top of the Golden Moon and hand over information about the Empire and the Imperial Family. Leaving nothing behind even the smallest thing. We have to make the most of what is available and widen the gap.”
“Yes.”
“And as for the third prince, I am separate…”
smart-
someone knocked on the door When I told him to come in, Elena poked her head out.
“… my lord. Can I talk to you for a moment?”
“What’s going on?”
“It’s about my sister.”
“Then I’ll just go.”
At Berge’s glance, Gordon returned to his office. Ernya sat down on the chair.
“Tell me. Why doesn’t Ernyan want to go back to the kingdom?”
Of course, I’ve seen that look a few times. But I didn’t know it would be so openly rejected.
In the first place, Elena, who can’t control her body’s mana by herself, has to stay in the tower even for her life, but isn’t it Ernya?
“You know the magic of Ai, the world tree, right?”
“know.”
“That is the beginning.”
Elena’s words continued.
* * *
The king of Hilderan is chasing the glory of the past.
Hilderan in the days when it was an empire and ruled the continent.
A single strongman can turn the battlefield. Because of this, the king of Hilderan was obsessed with a stronger king.
Even if it wasn’t him, he hoped that his children would grab hold of everyone and lead the kingdom’s revival.
In this way, he imprinted the magic of ‘child of the world tree’ on his wife and children.
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Many mothers and children died. But even among the countless corpses, it bore fruit.The fruit was Ernya Hilderan.
The obsession of the king, the obsession of the nobles that began with the king, was inevitable.
It would have been better if it was simply a level of cherishing.
In order to make the fruit born with outstanding talent even sweeter, Hilderan did everything she could to make it sweeter.
From birth until now, there has never been a single moment of freedom for Ernap.
Summoning an intermediate spirit at a young age and foreseeing a brighter future was such abuse.
“Besides, abuse is not limited to my sister.”
There were not one or two royal families born through the magic of the child of the World Tree. Although many more died, they were born anyway.
Some were rather weakened as a result of side effects, but some gained strength commensurate with the purpose of magic.
Yes, most of them were buried because Ernyan was more overwhelming, but there were royal families who were born with their own strength.
They also went through a similar process to Ernian.
“But her talent was also overwhelming.”
Of course, Obama’s favoritism was also overt.
“They have a sister . . .”
“I must have been jealous and jealous.”
“yes.”
It’s an obvious story. They go through the same process and are subjected to the same abuse, but one person stretches out.
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More praise, more attachment, and comparison.Of course, there was no way they could look good on each other.
In this way, Ernian Hilderan gradually became isolated in envy and jealousy. The stupid king didn’t care at all.
If he had been a human being who treated his children as his children in the first place, he would not have done anything crazy as a child of the world tree.
“Are you the only one who approached me?”
“yes that’s right.”
So, were you at Princess 13’s private palace?
Anyway, let’s recap.
A human named Ernian Hilderan.
As a consolation, he received great expectations and obsessions from the king and nobles.
Under the envy and jealousy of the younger brothers and those associated with them.
It is said that she is a princess who is abused physically and mentally every day.
“I don’t understand.”
“What part is that?”
“If the weak are jealous and jealous, shouldn’t we just kill them all?”
“···uh. For us humans…”
“know. It’s a joke.”
“···Yes?”
Elena opened her eyes wide and gasped.
“So it’s a simple matter after all.”
“Is it simple?”
“okay.”
Berger nodded.
“If the king and the nobles are insistent and obsessed, it’s enough to stand in a position where they can’t.”
“If your younger brothers are jealous and jealous, it’s enough to make jealousy impossible.”
Elena tilted her head, not understanding what he was saying.
“Is there such a thing?”
“Not that many. There is only one seat per country.”
“···no way.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
So that no one dares to be cocky.
Ernya Hilderan.
“Isn’t it a problem that everything would be solved if I made him a king?”
“uh···.”
‘The Four Heavenly Kings serving the Demon King, the Dark Spirit Magician, have come to inherit the throne.’
Why?
In Elena Hilderan’s head, the image of her older sister wearing a mask and visiting Abamama came to mind.
I really hope that doesn’t happen.
* * *
Ernyan crouched down on the mountain he had built. Looking at the rippling artificial river, I threw a small stone.
– You said you’d come back someday, didn’t you?
“I did.”
– But why? Also, the Demon King…
“Aren’t you tired?”
– then? You are human after all, and you can’t live forever in the Demon King’s Tower.
– As the Crown Princess, I have to go back to the kingdom.
“I know. It’s not that I don’t want to go back.”
Yes, I’ll be back someday.
I had told Nairuniel before, and there was no lie.
“I know it’s my fault for this.”
If we had acted sooner, we could have prevented the tower’s location from being leaked.
No, if I had known that fact, I would have done something about the Korzen Kingdom.
– So what?
“What?”
– Will there be? The condition you think you can return to.
“…the king.”
– The Four Heavenly Kings have already been made.
“What nonsense.”
– Wasn’t it?
“Of course, the Four Heavenly Kings are good too. But I am talking about spirits.”
– ···The Spirit King?
– Was your purpose to summon the king?
Ernya nodded her head without saying a word.
“It’s the dream of all animists.”
– But it’s almost impossible to see one in a thousand years.
– Well, I don’t think it’s impossible for you. are you 24?
“yes.”
She is already 24 years old, no, the contract was signed last year, so at the age of 23, she can already summon the higher spirit Nairuniel.
That was literally unprecedented.
There has never been and never will be. A child born with tremendous talent overcoming the difficulties of the world tree, Ai, achieved tremendous growth as he met and destroyed the wall called the Tower of the Demon King, where mana was scarce.
If someone makes a contract with the Spirit King in this dimension of Alain, it is unconditionally Ernyl Hilderan.
Nairuniel could be sure.
– So, what were you going to do by summoning the Spirit King?
“I tried to destroy the kingdom.”
– ···uh?
“just joke. If that’s enough, you don’t need to be bound by the kingdom anymore, right?”
Ernya smiled bessi.
– But then it doesn’t have to be the Demon King’s Tower, right?
– Of course, it’s a little, no, a little bit, it’s a pity that I can’t see Gongnyanggongnyang with the Demon King…
“Wipe your saliva.”
– Yes. Anyway, there’s no need to be tied to the tower. It used to be because I couldn’t get out of the palace, but now…
“Right. It used to be.”
– You mean not now?
“Now is···. just a little.”
I don’t know if that’s a nonsense word, but I’m in love with the tower.
Even the dwarf warriors shouting for the highest firepower and magic cannons.
A strange elf that occasionally stops by.
A princess from the magic kingdom who makes a chimera.
Little by little the younger brother is recovering his health and vitality.
Even a dark elf who looks strict but has a strong sense of duty.
And the demon king who gave her hand to her who was scary, perfect, but sometimes showed gaps, and was gloomy.
I liked it.
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Maybe it was because it was the joy of human relationships that he had never felt before in the kingdom.top like this.
I didn’t want to leave.
just that For some, this tower, the den of evil, has come to mean something, at least for her.
Should we be hostile to warriors and humans?
what does it matter After all, humans fight each other. The king’s goal is to hope that she will eventually rebuild the Hilderan Empire.
A future stained with the blood of her people had been foreseen for her from the beginning.
In that case, it was a hundred times better to act as the Four Heavenly Kings in the Demon King’s Tower and pretend to be insane.
“Especially the Demon Lord…”
“I?”
“When did you come?”
Ernya hastily shut her mouth. At some point, Berger was sitting calmly next to him.
“When you enter the Demon King Military Academy, the first and most perfect thing you learn is stealth.”
“To kidnap me?”
“It’s not wrong if you look at it because it’s a royal family.”
Berger calmly sat down next to her.
“You are human.”
“But it’s the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“It’s not even my rank.”
“Do you need more proof?”
“Evidence is not enough.”
“Do you really want me to return to Hilderan?”
She made eye contact with Berge. It was a pretty grim expression.
“If you don’t go, the tower will collapse. I do not have the strength to stop them yet.”
“…I have.”
“If there are hundreds of you, I don’t know, that’s a silly thing to say.”
“There is no guarantee that Hilderan will be gone if I go. Because the Demon Lord has ruined Hilderan’s pride.”
“It’s your job to stop it.”
“You say you’re leaving the Four Heavenly Kings and expelling them from the tower and entrusting them to me again?”
“Who told you to leave?”
“·················ogue.”
“You are already a member of the tower. It doesn’t change wherever you go. The same is true of the Four Heavenly Kings. Once the Four Heavenly Kings are forever the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“really?”
“Then did you think you would get rid of it? Did you make it in the first place?”
“You don’t like that. I thought I would get rid of it as soon as I disappeared.”
“·················ogue.”
I couldn’t possibly deny it. Because I once thought that I would do it someday. But not now.
“The Demon Lord I know is not worthy of such slurred lines. If it does, there’s good reason. Did you hear all of our conversation?”
“heard.”
“The Spirit King?”
“I do not deny it.”
“Does it have any effect?”
“You can see a lot.”
“You are so honest.”
That’s like the Demon King, though. Ernya chuckled.
Berge took out the necklace Damdamm.
“What?”
“It is a necklace for communication.”
Talk to Logger, it was a necklace I had made for the elves who were going out of the tower on a mission.
“If you go back and get tired, you can come back. Don’t take it anytime.”
“Isn’t it too strange for a demon king to say to a princess?”
“Among all the humans I have met, there has never been a more strange person than you. It would be interesting to see a country where such a person is the king.”
“What does it mean?”
“I just heard the story. There is a simple way to solve all of that. be the queen No one can command you.”
“Can you make it for me?”
A very brief moment of silence. Meanwhile, Ernian understood everything Berger was trying to say.
“Healan Cargill is my family.”
As a chariot leading a search party with Daphner, his reputation grew even higher than before.
The national hero of Hilderan. His fame itself is a tremendous force.
“It would be even better if I saved you. If you and Hillen Cargill work together, no one will be rude to you.”
“But that’s it. I’ll have to figure out the rest, right?”
“It’s good that you understand quickly.”
“What is it, that?”
“You don’t have to be king. However, if the king has enough power that he cannot touch it.”
What is the difference between a king and a king? Even less so if the target is the Crown Princess who is destined to be the next king anyway.
“It would be fun to do that and come back to the tower.”
“Would you like it even more if you brought the Spirit King?”
“maybe.”
Ernya chuckled. The depressed feeling was relieved a little.
Time was running out, but she knew it too. If you don’t go, this pleasant space will disappear.
“The next princess to be kidnapped should be a bigger and more powerful princess.”
“Why?”
“The last thing left is the giants of hell, aren’t they?”
“No, I asked him why he thought I was going to kidnap the princess.”
“no?”
“…but that’s right.”
A princess is probably better than a prince.
“Your brother?”
“Helena is a wizard.”
“You don’t have to be a giant, do you?”
“Um, so it is.”
Ernya nodded her head.
“But first, you have to stick to the basics. Even if you can’t save it later, you can’t give up already.”
“…don’t try.”
“Okay then. I will also grant the Demon King’s request.”
she got up from her seat I brushed the dirt off my butt.
“I will go. If I don’t go, this tower I like may disappear.”
“Thought well.”
“instead.”
Ernya came closer with a smile on her face.
“What are you doing?”
“I am the first.”
“What?”
His eyes twinkled in the light of mana lamps embedded in the ceiling.
A soft sigh whispers.
“You put out your hand first.”
“The first time I held your hand.”
first princess.
So.
“If you forget me, I won’t leave you alone.”
“Because you have to keep your promises.”
Do you know?
Eyes full of desire stared at Berge.
Berge’s head nodded involuntarily.