My Alter Ego Is Becoming a Giant chapter 188

Imperial Palace (2)

The 5th Princess’s Palace located on one side of the Imperial Palace.

It was a natural step to greet your parents if you returned home after a long time, or the landlord if you visited someone else’s house.

However, if the opponent was the emperor of the empire, even that would not end with a simple greeting.

In that sense, a luncheon with complicated procedures and demanding etiquette was bound to be a cumbersome and frustrating place for those unfamiliar with it.

“Sniff, I just hate places like that. I want to have a comfortable meal. Should I go too?”

And in the warriors’ party, Harley, a manly savage warrior, was just such a case.

“mmm…”

“Certainly some…”

Lee Se-ah, who had been with him for a fairly long time, as well as Riley, who had only been with him for a short time, nodded earnestly.

The wild image of him eating the griffin meat was still vivid in my mind.

He was so unconventional, from his usual personality to his words and actions, that he didn’t fit in a formal occasion at all.

“…Actually, it won’t matter if only the holy son goes as the representative. I hate to say this, but the three of us, excluding the saint, feel a bit like a side leg.”

Lee Se-ah, who exchanged glances with Riley for a moment, shrugged his shoulders lightly and continued as if it was not a big deal.

“Anyway, the irreplaceable saint and we have different circumstances. Still, why not completely ignore it? It feels like the saint is being treated for his face.”

Also, unlike the other two, who were at least aristocrats, Harley, who was a complete savage, lacked the so-called ‘class’.

If he hadn’t had the background of being a member of the death squad, he wouldn’t have been able to enter the imperial palace at all.

“Ah—then I’ll fall in too.”

In response to her words, Geos, who had been silent, interrupted as if he had been waiting.

He was also an aristocrat from the Kingdom of Lesque, but he was secretly excluded because he was from a commoner, so he was not used to this kind of position.

He was so indifferent to politics that he never even met his country’s king very often.

Of course, Hesperon, which was only brought along by chance, had nothing to do with it in the first place.

“Then can we eat in peace? To be honest, I was curious about the chef’s skills in the imperial palace, but it turned out well!hahahaha!”

“Yes, I will tell the exclusive chef at my palace. So that you can eat whatever you want.”

In the end, it was decided that only the three of them, Heinrich, Riley, and Isea, would attend the luncheon with the emperor.

And while they were away to prepare, Harley and Hesperon naturally approached Geos and had a nice conversation.

“Now— shall we go too? What does the meat eaten in the imperial family taste like?”

“Oh! It’s my first time in this world to eat high-end cuisine, so I’m really looking forward to it. Of course, I took out and ate this and that with my ability.”

“Come to think of it, you said that your older brother came from another world, right?”

“That’s right. But you can speak comfortably, brother! Just call me Heron. Oh, can I call you older brother?”

hahahaha! Are you a cool friend? Then let’s do it, Heron!”

“Keu~ It’s very reassuring to be able to serve such a wonderful older brother!”

Two people chatting happily while giving and receiving each other.

Looking at the actual situation, it was no different from a skit of a brother and a younger brother alone, but on the outside, it looked very ordinary without any sense of incongruity.

“Ah, Geos-sama, please feel free to call me Heron. Hey~ I’m glad I met good people as soon as I came out.hahahaha!”

“I see, Mr. Heron.”

And, of course, it was entirely because of Geos Calkin, who was sitting right next to them, that they looked like this.

‘I’ll have to get him and Hesperon closer for now.’

Before moving from the Duchy of Rohan to this place, there was a word he carefully brought out to Heinrich.

Among his acquaintances, there was someone who identified himself as a person from another world, so maybe he could get some information from him.

‘From what I’ve heard, it seems like I’ve been in this world for at least 20 years. Assuming that’s true… Is he also a settler who gave up on returning?’

Settler.

It refers to those who gave up on returning by collecting karma points and settled in a completely different world…

It was a path sometimes chosen by those who had no particular lingering attachment to the earth but became more attached to this place.

Of course, he had only indirect contact with them.

In a way, this is a good opportunity to meet the person in person and get information.

‘As an earthling who has just moved to another world. In that sense, it’s best to have a close friend, Geos, introduce you to Hesperon.’

Of course, with Heinrich, it wouldn’t be too difficult to face him, but wouldn’t the categories of questions you could ask as an awakened person from Earth different from what you could say as a saint in another world?

“Come on, let’s not stay like this and let’s go eat meat together! The belly skin will stick to your back, very!”

hahahaha! Brother, it’s not even been two hours since you took out the meat for a snack earlier. Ah, Gios-nim, come quickly too!”

A meal together is the best way to deepen friendship regardless of the East and West.

Harley, a rough and ferocious savage man, and Hesperon, a naive young man without notice, walked proudly into the restaurant.

In the meantime, with Jios following with a confused expression on his face.

***

The current Emperor of the Empire, Garrio Carte Azerion.

Now nearly sixty, he was a man with faded blond hair and intense light-green eyes, more like a military man than a scholar.

“You have worked hard to come this far. I knew very well that you put in a lot of hard work to protect the world, but now I have no shame in saying hello. In addition, please save Princess Riley like this this time.”

“No. The emperor is busy. Doesn’t everyone in the world know? It is also of the utmost importance to sustain the great empire unshakably in this tribulation.”

Naturally, the luncheon with the emperor of the Azerion Empire, the greatest force in Auterica, and the saint of the main church could not have been just a meal.

At least now, Heinrich was on the lesser side because he was positioned as the leader of the society rather than the representative of the religious order.

‘Ugh—didn’t I just fall for it? She participated because she wanted to be of some help to Riley, but… How can I eat in such an atmosphere!’

Of course, the current state was not a very good environment for eating.

Seah Lee, who vomited lamentation inwardly, glanced at her surroundings and only scratched the tableware.

I wasn’t in the mood to eat anything right now, but I couldn’t sit idly by myself when everyone else was eating normally.

“Viscount Isea Pristine.”

At that moment, her body stiffened.

She didn’t do anything wrong, but in the midst of her nervousness, she was momentarily taken aback by the emperor’s sudden call.

But that time was only a fleeting moment.

“Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor. Please tell me.”

It is said that she was an ordinary girl only on Earth, but now she is a great wizard who goes beyond the extreme and knocks on the wall of transcendence.

The tension in the meantime was only due to her ego as ‘high school girl Lee Se-ah’, but when the situation came to her, her mind calmed down and she was able to contemplate the situation from a step back.

“Since the situation is moving so quickly, I have to speak out now. Thanks to her Viscount’s help, our Imperial Plan was established. After the situation is sorted out to some extent, the viscount will have good news soon. So please take good care of me in the future.”

As a companion of the saint, she joined the hero’s party and was active.

She had no choice but to go out to save Riley, but she didn’t have to refuse to congratulate her and offer her a prize.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty the Emperor. I just did what I had to do.”

The emperor nodded slightly at her modest words, and this time returned to Riley.

His expression, which had always been solemn, shook for a moment as he looked at her, but he quickly regained his expression and spoke calmly to her as if nothing was wrong.

“I’m glad you’re back, Princess Riley. He suffered a lot during that time.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“By the way, there’s something I want to ask you…”

A conversation that feels hard to say the words exchanged between her father and daughter, whom she met after a long time.

As if it wasn’t simply because it was a public place, they naturally talked as if they were used to it.

The question the emperor brought up was, of course, something that everyone would have wondered about.

It was the question of how she was able to escape ‘alone’.

‘It is certainly not an easy problem to overcome. It’s a case that’s hard to understand.’

Heinrich nodded inwardly and slowly moved the knife to slice the steak.

If it wasn’t for the saint who had saved her princess this time, she wouldn’t have been able to find her place as easily as she is now.

In fact, she still can’t come out openly because of her saintly prestige, and her political opponents are spreading all sorts of false rumors.

From claims that she is a fake transformed into her princess, to concerns that she intends to unleash a deadly curse hidden within her body in the midst of her leadership, to the conviction that Riley has already been brainwashed by her to become an agent of the Immortal King.

As such, it was her assumption based on her assumption that Hans had let her go on purpose.

“My escape was entirely due to the ability of the other person I was imprisoned with. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have even dreamed of escaping. I was just lucky enough to be by his side.”

Then, in a calm voice, she started talking about her circumstances.

The prince, who had been cut off from her since she was imprisoned, her man with a special ability who appeared in the midst of it, continuing magic education and hope that suddenly appeared.

Of course, he deliberately left out the friction with the prince at the end of the explanation.

There was no need to leave room for controversy by saying that part.

“Hmm—.”

Then, when the story came to an end with the crisis that occurred immediately after escaping from the castle of immortality and the sudden appearance of a saint who saved them, the emperor gently closed his eyes with a heavy sob.

Just in case, he listened to her, and there was virtually no possibility that the prince could escape in the same way.

I had no idea how to use it in reverse.

Princess Riley’s escape was a complex intertwining of many factors, and was dotted with all sorts of coincidences and luck.

A weak possibility that is not generally possible, and in a way feels even artificial.

But since it actually happened, it was simply undeniable.

Coincidence becomes inevitable, and probability that seems too small and impossible to exist becomes reality.

…We usually call it ‘destiny’.

Swoop—

The emperor, who slowly opened his eyes, turned his gaze back to Heinrich.

“…Come to think of it, the second continental summit is not far away.”

“That’s right. It’s less than two weeks away now.”

Unlike the first meeting, he was busy with the warriors’ party, but he was constantly receiving news from the church.

Rumor has it that the saintess is going out again because of that.

“We will send 5th Princess Riley as the representative of the delegation of the Azerion Empire.”

The emperor spoke in a calm tone.

In the situation where Prince Simon and Princess Riley were kidnapped, the 2nd and 6th princes were fighting each other and aiming for the position…

Now that she had returned, it was meaningless.

‘At las···!’

Riley and Isea clenched their fists at the same time.

It was just a representative of the delegation, but it was the words the emperor himself uttered at a meeting with the saint of the main church.

It is natural that the meaning is more than just the meaning of the sentence.

Rileyman’s War, which had been a temporary truce—was the moment it began to devastate the camps of its rivals as soon as it resumed.