235. Demon King, Princess and Knight
“The job turned out better than I expected.”
It was thanks to the use of the prince. If it wasn’t for Martin, I wouldn’t have been able to meet the Marquis so easily.
That didn’t mean there weren’t any problems. The position of Marquis Eincheil was filled, but the 3rd Prince had evaporated.
As for that part, Martin said he would take care of it, so he said he would. As his name is the prince, there must be a number of his own.
“I also took a record, so the task is over.”
“Your brother will do well, right?”
“Didn’t your mouth always say that you were reliable?”
“Yes, but….”
This is the first time
An older brother wearing maternal grandfather’s skin. I didn’t know how to express that sense of disparity and heterogeneity.
“It will be a huge shock.”
“Isn’t it the same with you?”
“···I am okay. Because I have a place to turn to.”
“Where to turn?”
“···no.”
Anyway.
Kaede, whose face was hot for some reason, quickly changed the topic.
“Not my brother.”
“The Emperor has already been eaten, and the Empress must be the same.”
“I think so, but even if it’s not, the 3rd Empress is a woman who thinks of her brother and me as tools.”
Berger frowned.
The Empire was also a bitch.
“You will help me soon. If you follow Ernyan’s words, you will soon be able to return to the Empire. Now, let’s go back to the tower.”
Is it because of the warm sunlight? Berger felt a little but drowsy and muttered.
“Yes. May I ask you a small favor?”
“However much.”
“I would like to see the Yellow Emperor.”
“why?”
“Even if the empire has gotten weird, the zodiac is my hometown. Things have already happened, and the Union will one day advance here. Then the splendor of the zodiac will also lose its light.”
I want to capture that last image with my own two eyes.
“Is that a request from a former knight of the Empire?”
“It’s just a request from the Princess Kaede Jespine.”
“good night.”
It would be nice to return to the tower as soon as possible, but the work ended sooner than I expected, so I had plenty of time. For a few hours, wandering around the ecliptic was not a problem.
The pillars, including Marquis Eincheil, had the golden lands in the central part of the capital as their domains, so it was not far from the capital.
In front of the gate to the royal road, there was a checkpoint for the knights. So Berge crossed the wall with pride.
The shield installed in the zodiac could not see through Berger’s hideout, which had reached the extreme.
“I never imagined that I would enter the ecliptic this way.”
In a rare place, Kaede smiled bitterly.
“I don’t care, but there will be many who recognize your face.”
“Actually, it’s more surprising that I’m having such a conversation with the Demon Lord rather than crossing the walls of the emperor.”
No, it was unimaginable.
He was kidnapped by the Demon King, persuaded by the Crown Princess of Hilderan to become a member of the family, and even his older brother had to cooperate with the Demon King, and to fight the stars as the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King.
“So do you regret it? That’s when I came to Hortonwalk to help Hillen.”
“I regretted it quite a bit at the time.”
not now
“The reason is?”
“Why don’t you take a little walk through the streets before dark?”
“Would you like some chocolate?”
“Yes.”
The Demon King and the Princess came out of a rare alleyway.
A clear view of the road was revealed. The streets were full of people, and the buildings on either side of the road were neat and grand. It was lively.
“Didn’t you hear that we were at war?”
It was incredibly peaceful that the Empire was at war. People were living their normal lives.
“Everyone knows.”
“How?”
“It’s pride. This is the heart of the empire.”
Even if war broke out, the confidence that the flames would never spread to the emperor was young in the hearts of the people of the Empire.
“The national power of the empire is strong enough to carry out war without needing to be terrified.”
“But this time it spreads. Most of that national power will be destroyed.”
“Yes, so I want to see the full image of the ecliptic.”
Kaede took the lead and walked down the street. With her long robe, no one recognized that she was a kidnapped princess.
“Where do you plan to go?”
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“If it’s a princess, you must know at least one restaurant, please guide me.”
“Of course, as the master’s knight, we will guide you to the best restaurant.”
She guided us to a fine dining restaurant in the heart of the zodiac. It was a place where confidentiality was strictly maintained as all seats were private rooms where you could hide your face if you wanted to.
“It is a place frequented by the nobles of the royal court. There are a lot of people who have secret meetings because of the good secrecy.”
After a while, a clerk came in and Kaede was familiar with the food.
The long course dish was so delicious that it melted your tongue.
“Not bad.”
“Not bad, but very tasty.”
“Do you also resemble Ernya?”
“…are you talking about me?”
Kaede covered her mouth.
“I will be careful.”
After a long meal, it was getting dark.
“I would like to visit one last place.”
It was the palace tower.
The tallest tower in the ecliptic.
“I don’t think you can go in with your face covered. Could you possibly go up to the roof?”
“However much.”
Berge entered an alley with few people with Kaede. He activated stealth and spread his wings.
It landed on the top of the 30-story horse tower.
Kaede opened her arms and felt the wind pleasantly.
The night view of the Imperial Palace unfolded.
“From here, you can see the entire view of the ecliptic. The night view with the lights is absolutely beautiful.”
“Surely it is.”
What she said was not a lie.
The night of the zodiac was not dark. The harmony of lights, people, and buildings illuminating the entire ecliptic was like a masterpiece.
A cold wind blew through Kaede’s hair.
“…that this ecliptic could be destroyed, right?”
“If you play around with a trick of lies until the very end, there is a high chance of that.”
“I don’t want the ecliptic to be destroyed. Even more so if you’re playing under the clutches of the Demon King of Lies.”
“It’s not impossible.”
“I know. If the Allied Forces surrender before they trample the Imperial Capital…”
“No, I just have to kill Jason.”
If you want to kill demons disguised as emperors, you can kill them right now. Using Martin and Vivian to deal with the demons infiltrating the Empire is not as difficult as you might think.
But if you don’t, it’s to keep the good.
“If I try to destroy Jason’s foundation first, he’ll do the same.”
The ‘degree’ you were looking at no longer disappears. Hilderan collapses. I didn’t want that.
“In the end, the game on this continent is simple. It will be decided by the battle between me and Jason.”
After killing Jason, demons who have lost their master and tower will no longer be able to act as emperors and nobles. The war could end sooner than expected if Martin stepped forward to inform him that it was a lie and fix it.
Conversely, if Berge is defeated by Jason, there is no one who can stop Jason anymore. The continent will fall into Jason’s grasp.
“It’s funny. The fate of the continent depends on the two demon kings.”
“One of them is your lord.”
“You know? Two years left.”
“···It did.”
Kaede agreed in advance for a period of 5 years and became a family member.
Now that 3 years have passed, there are 2 years left. After two years, she must be released from the custody. if as promised.
“Aren’t you going to protect me?”
“Leave it to your will.”
“Is that true?”
“okay.”
“You seem to have changed a lot.”
“So are you.”
“… it certainly seems so.”
Kaede stood up.
“If it were me at the time, it would be a choice I wouldn’t even dream of making.”
She made straight eye contact with Berge.
“I want the five-year deadline to be abolished.”
“What do you mean?”
“I will become the Demon King’s knight.”
“You are already my knight.”
“Don’t you know?”
“until when?”
“Forever.”
Berge rubbed his chin.
“Of course it won’t be free.”
“Keep the ecliptic. If you do that, you will have the best knights on the continent.”
“It was the third of the Four Heavenly Kings for the highest level on the continent.”
“…that’s not weird for me. Those two are monsters.”
A slight blush appeared on Kaede’s cheek.
“…but one day I will be stronger. Knights do not give up.”
“That determination is not bad.”
Berger laughed.
“If it’s to kill the guy who should be killed anyway and get the best knight in Araine, it’s a leftover business.”
good night.
Berge raised Kaede to his feet.
“Then it’s not right now, so it’s hard to hear the oath again…”
ha-am-
He yawned loosely.
“…for now, I think we should return to the tower quickly.”
“Are you sleepy?”
“No, it’s not just sleepy…”
I wonder if I did.
At the state of his droopy body, Berge laughed.
‘Did you eat too much like Reina said?’
It’s probably like that.
* * *
“…that’s interesting.”
Haha, Jason burst out laughing.
His family members spread across the continent were sending information in real time.
No, even if it wasn’t, he couldn’t be unaware of the huge Demon King’s Tower that appeared in Hilderan.
“You said that it moved with legs on the tower, isn’t it not a bridge, but a flight at all?”
Oh my God, the Demon King’s Tower is flying in the sky.
Jason, who had lived in Araine for hundreds of years, had never thought of it that way.
So that was more of a problem.
Berge was dangerous. His thoughts, his imaginations were dangerous.
“You mustn’t let it go any longer.”
This time it should be over for sure.
“It is said that the tower swept away the demons.”
“The tower itself is a weapon, isn’t it a very interesting idea?”
“It would have been interesting if it was the Demon Lord’s.”
“Aina-sama…”
Jason leaned against the backrest.
“You seem to have something you don’t like.”
“Berge is dangerous. It’s dangerous, but it’s too dangerous.”
“I know.”
“But maybe you’re giving yourself too much time…”
“Do I look stupid?”
“···no.”
“When you tell a lie, refine your expression a little more.”
Jason spins the glass.
“The dragon is a horse. It’s such a great race that you never know the end of its possibilities.”
that’s a dragon The best race in the world.
“It’s just that I was lucky enough to be born as a dragon, isn’t it too unfair?”
“···I do not know.”
“you’re right. In fact, I don’t even know.”
Jason shrugged. I turned my head and looked down at the lake that stretched out of the tower.
Not long ago, the entire body had turned red with the corpses of monsters and humans, but now it has regained its original color.
“So what I want to say is that even such a demon dragon has its limits.”
“Yes?”
“Daniel is a person I have been nurturing for hundreds of years. It’s different from normal warriors and demon lords. No matter how Berge-nim is, it cannot be easily digested.”
“Then why don’t you kill me at this time?”
“Why should I do that? I handed it over to eat. Chew it thoroughly to ensure proper digestion. Wouldn’t that make me gain more when I ate it?”
“···However.”
“I know. Berge-sama is dangerous.”
However.
“150 years.”
I started raising him with Daniel hundreds of years ago, but it was just a preparation. It was about 150 years ago that they properly reached the wall.
And since then, not much progress has been made. Even after eating so many heroes and demon lords.
In the end, after 30 years of endurance, it exploded.
“It’s time to kill the remaining four demon kings and start working with the Empire in earnest.”
“you’re right. I was so frustrated that I devoured all four demon kings at once.”
It didn’t mean anything though.
“So I don’t want to miss this opportunity. I wish the fruit that looked so sweet and delicious would be more ripe.”
“But then, if the Demon Lord is defeated…”
“I told Berge-nim that I should grow up while eating a new demon king, but what would happen if Berge-nim died and this fact became known to the Demon Realm?”
The devil is not stupid. If you try a few more times and find that you can’t do it, you will give up the dimension of Arain itself.
And when that happens, Jason becomes isolated. At the current ambiguous level, it was difficult to plan the demon realm, so he couldn’t return to the demon realm.
“I don’t know if it’s a normal demon, but I’m a traitor.”
“·················ogue.”
“I don’t have a choice. Berge-nim is my last hope.”
do you know
“·················ogue.”
“Don’t worry. I have nothing to lose.”
Jason shook his head resolutely.
“My hundreds of years are not so light.”
Even if Berger is a Demon Dragon.
Even if he showed a different side from the other demon lords.
“Time is fair to everyone.”
He was sipping wine.
“Please contact Berge. I’m just going to wait another week. That’s enough to absorb it in moderation.”
“Yes.”
Aina bowed her head.
In the distance the sunset sets Jason felt quite quaint.
‘Berge, please do not disappoint me.’
It was a long wait.
It was too long though.
‘I hope that this waiting will be rewarded.’
The time was ripe.