Inside An Adult Game As A Former Hero chapter 72

EP.72 Prona Kingdom Capital

Prince of Prona Kingdom, Nell.

Having received a proper education since childhood, he is not an idiot drunk with authority. He is not arrogant and has a good personality.

There is nothing special about it, but when he ascends to the throne, he manages to be called Crown Prince.

And such a prince was now lying in the room covered with a blanket.

-Put the heretics as the guillotine!

-Put the prince to the guillotine!

– Overthrow heresy! Overthrow the Prince!

The angry voices of the people still ring in his ears. They seemed unwilling to stop unless the prince hung on the guillotine.

‘The guillotine… the guillotine…!’

Isn’t the guillotine a death penalty used to publicly execute vicious criminals?

Do I have to go up there?

Why? What did I do wrong?

The prince trembled as he recalled the sharp blade of the guillotine.

“Prince!”

The door swung open and his escort knight entered.

“Huh?! Ka, Sir Kar? I was surprised!”

“Prince, now is not the time to be surprised. The prince’s accusation has been cleared!”

“What? What do you mean all of a sudden?”

“It is difficult to explain in words. Follow me!”

Nell was very confused.

When he think of the guillotine and he’s afraid, when an escort driver suddenly comes in and shouts that the frame has been cleared, wouldn’t it be the same for everyone?

But the escort knight’s eyes were serious, maybe? That thought made a small wave in his mind.

Nell got up from bed and followed the escort knight.

“But where are you going now?”

“It’s a dungeon.”

“Dungeon? Why are you there?”

“Go see it!”

When he finally reached the dungeon, Nell could understand Sir Karr’s words.

An octopus man in captivity.

This was really hard to put into words. Even if Lord Karr had said it, Nell would not have believed it.

“Nel, are you here?”

The King, William, turned to Nell and said.

The king was not alone in the dungeon.

Administrators, scribes, knights, etc.

All the high-ranking officials in the palace had gathered.

“Abama? I’ve been told that my name has been lifted, but… what the hell is this? What else is that octopus man?”

“Calm down, I will explain everything. It’s hard to breathe.”

It was only after hearing the king’s words that the prince realized that he was excited. For the past few weeks, he has become too hasty at the thought of getting rid of the accusations that have tormented him.

Nell took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

“…I showed shame.”

“Okay. Because everyone here knows how much you have suffered. Administrator, will you explain to the prince?”

“Yes, I understand.”

The administrator nodded and began to explain to Nell.

Hearing the explanation, Nell was astonished.

“Are you saying that the archbishop was holding hands with the demons to frame me? An archbishop who is no one else?!”

Even if an ordinary priest had teamed up with the demons, he would have to be a flagship.

The prince could hardly believe the administrator’s words.

“Isn’t it possible that the demon was lying to bring out the Archbishop?”

“The chances of that happening are… small. How many people must dare to label the royal family as heresy and incite the people with it?”

“What… for what… what did you do this for?”

Seeing the prince staggering slightly, the administrator shook his head with a bitter expression.

“That we haven’t figured out yet.”

At the administrator’s words, Nell sharpened his teeth.

He strode forward and grabbed the demon’s collar.

“Say! why…”

The prince’s anger quickly cooled when he saw the traces of the terrible cuts on the demon’s body.

To cut, to tear, to tear, to lose.

Traces of simple but heinous deeds were engraved on the demon’s body. There was no sense of wit in the demon’s hazy eyes.

“What is this…”

“It’s a sign of torture. Did the demons just open their mouths?”

Nell turned his head in the direction the voice was heard.

Cloud was leaning against the wall.

When Nell entered the dungeon, it was obscured by the king and officials.

“Hero? Why are you here?”

“The thing the prince is holding, I have captured it.”

The prince turned his gaze to the king.

The king nodded his head when he looked at him with his eyes as to whether the warrior’s words were true.

Nell’s expression brightened.

He let go of the demon’s collar, approached Cloud and grabbed his hand.

“You were my benefactor!”

“In retrospect, that’s what it is.”

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to get rid of the dirty frame. I will repay this favor somehow!”

“Are you going to repay the favor?”

“That’s right. Let me know if you want anything. I’ll listen to anything I can listen to.”

“Then let me ask you one thing right now. Please leave with others. I have a story to share with the King.”

“Ummm..?”

The prince gave him a slightly troubled expression.

Please let me face the king alone.

This is a request that goes beyond the authority of the prince. It was possible only with the permission of the king.

Nell glanced at his father, the King. Feeling his son’s gaze, William met Cloud’s eyes.

‘…I see you have something important to say.’

The king recognized it from Cloud’s eyes and raised his hand to resist the opposition of his subjects.

“Stay away with the prince.”

“Sir, no. At least keep Sir Weasel by your side.”

“Majesty. Please allow me to assist you as the administrator says.”

The magistrates and the knights requested, but the king was adamant.

“Why do you need the throne of the lord to stand alone with a hero? Do you think the hero will harm me?”

At William’s words, the servants shut their mouths.

They remembered the death that the hero had scattered at the banquet not long ago. But they couldn’t put it in their mouth.

Because there is a difference between what you think and what you say with your mouth.

At this point in time when the hero has captured the demons and uncovered the innocence of the prince, it is even more difficult to put it into words.

“…All right.”

In the end, the servants had no choice but to bow their heads and leave. When they left, only the demon, William, and Cloud remained in the dungeon.

William said looking at Cloud.

“Before you tell me why you wanted to be single talk, can I ask you one thing?”

“That’s right.”

“Thank you for catching the demons and removing the prince’s stigma. But why did you torture the demons yourself?”

“It was for information.”

“Thanks to you, the demons have lost their mind.”

“Because I don’t have a deep knowledge of torture.”

“There are excellent torture technicians in the palace.”

“Stop answering questions. Your Majesty, you are blaming the demons for losing their wisdom through my arbitrary torture. But they did it for a reason.”

“I will listen.”

“Soulstone.”

William’s face hardened at the words Cloud uttered. Cloud grinned as if he knew that.

“What is this demon aiming at, even as he treats the prince as a heresy? As I thought deeply, the direction of my thoughts turned to the royal family. Maybe that’s what the royal family wants. But as far as I know, there is nothing in the royal family that demons want. So I tortured her to see if there was something the royal family was hiding, and that was correct.”

Cloud got up and brushed the dust off his butt.

I walked in front of William and said facing him.

“You will guide me.”

“…as the magistrate said, I should have left Sir Weasle behind.”

“Nothing would have changed.”

“I will.”

William sighed deeply.

“Follow me.”

William and Cloud went down the stairs of the dungeon. After going down for a while, we reached the last floor.

“There are no prisoners here.”

“It’s not likely that the prisoners here will be full, and it wasn’t made for that purpose in the first place.”

William entered the sixth prison on the right and fumbled for the wall in front of the iron bars. A brick that touched his hand went deep.

Kugugung-

The wall cracked, revealing a passage leading to the inside. William went in first, followed by Cloud.

“You’re not surprised.”

“It’s because I’ve been through too much to be surprised by this.”

“After all, I’ve been curious about it for a long time. What kind of experience have you had that changed you?”

“It is not a great experience, I must tell you.”

“It’s okay if you don’t want to talk. I don’t have time to listen anyway.”

William looked at the purple light he saw through the aisle. That’s the end of the passage, and that’s where the thing Cloud mentioned is.

The end of the passage.

Arriving in the small round room, Cloud could see a jewel emitting a dazzling purple light.

He recognized at a glance that this gem was a soulstone, and at the same time frowned at the strong energy felt from it.

Soul stone.

It is a jewel that converts captured souls into energy.

A gem called a sacred item among warlocks.

Cloud wondered why the Prona Kingdom kept this treasure, but was more curious as to why the Soul Stone emits such strong energy.

“How many people did you sacrifice to gather this amount of energy?”

“Not long ago. I can count on ten fingers.”

“You say that fewer than ten souls radiate that kind of energy? Have they all become heroes of the century?”

“Don’t say nonsense,” Cloud grinned.

William was silent with a bitter face.

Cloud’s expression hardened slightly.

“You said you count on ten fingers. Exactly how many?”

“I know it’s seven person.”

“Who among them was a hero?”

“All seven of them… ugh…!”

Before William could finish speaking, Cloud grabbed his neck. It was a fragile neck that could be broken at any moment if desired, but Cloud did not.

He just looked at him with cold eyes, giving him strength to the point where his breathing was a little disturbed.

“Tell me why I shouldn’t break this neck.”

“You… you’re mistaken… something big…”

“Mistaken?”

“You think the kingdom… stole their souls… don’t you think…”

“No?”

“Never..! The kingdom never stole their souls! Cool..! They sacrificed… for the sake of the kingdom… There’s no way we could rob a warrior’s soul… beyond the realm of human beings in the first place…”

“Maybe it was a threat rather than a sacrifice. There are many ways.”

A warrior is a superhuman.

However, that does not necessarily mean that even the people around the hero are superhuman. For example, what if you secretly kidnap a hero’s family and force him to sacrifice his soul to a soul stone?

A hero with strong family love will have no choice but to give in to threats.

“Yes… There may be many ways as you said… But think about it… If the kingdom had done such a vicious thing… wouldn’t it have been punished by the Goddess?”

“When you mention the goddess, even the faith that you had is gone.”

“What?!”

What a blasphemous remark!

It was the time when William, astonished, prayed to the goddess that he had nothing to do with those remarks.

“You are the hero of our time. Since the story of the child is true, will you not let go of your hand?”

A suspicious voice was heard.

Cloud turned his head in the direction the voice came from.

A spirit in the form of an old man was looking at him in front of the soul stone.

“…Who are you?”

“Sylus. I was the first hero of the Prona Kingdom.”

Starting with the introduction of the old spirits, six spirits popped out one by one from the soulstone.