Episode 12. Destroying Power (Complete)
“Puha! You mean the tax collector?!”
A storm of laughter rang through the emperor’s office.
As soon as Chris left the meeting room, he rounded up the nobles and went straight to the emperor’s office.
I couldn’t stand it because I was worried that there might be a chance that the succession would pass to Seri.
“Yes.”
“It’s quite the way. No, I think Prause is the best?”
Emperor Lufen took a sip of tea and gave a small admiration.
Prause has so far been choosing only unpredictable things, but Lufen thought that the basis of his actions was ‘intelligence’.
The same was true of the corruption stories that emerged at this meeting.
Se-Ri and Prause knew about the corruption that even Rexton, who was so sensitive about money, didn’t know about.
I couldn’t figure out where the information was coming from.
No matter how much he attached people to Prause and tracked him down with magic, there was never a single report that he had come into contact with someone with intelligence.
“…… Did Obama know everything?”
He is lost in thought for a moment, but comes to his senses at the sound of Chris’ voice.
“Huh? Ah…… You mean the publican’s power?”
“Yes.”
“Yes. I knew. Even before taking Seri away, Prauss had infiltrated the imperial palace using a magician. It’s probably the elf that sticks by her side. That elf will be at least the 7th tier.”
The strength of the imperial palace barrier was 7th, so a 6th-level magician could not cross the imperial palace barrier.
“That elf……. But why didn’t you tell me? If you had informed me, I would have taken action.”
“That’s why. I thought it would be better to use Prause if I didn’t inform them.”
“Use… Are you talking?”
Chris’ pupils swayed anxiously like a candle in the wind.
Lupen sighed when he saw Chris’ droopy shoulders unlike usual.
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“How could the would-be emperor not have the courage? Calm down.”
“…… Yes.”
Correct your posture. Stretching his shoulders and back, he catches his breath. The expression got much better.
“I know what you are worried about. Are you worried about whether I will hand over the succession right to the tax collector? But from the beginning, I decided to be the next emperor. This never changes.”
“Yes… Are you?”
Chris let out a sigh of relief. Lufen frowned as his face, which seemed to have been relieved, was blatantly revealed.
“Don’t show your emotions. Showing your emotions is like asking to be pricked at your weakness. You are the center of the empire from now on. Know that when you shake, the empire shakes too.”
“Yes. We will pay close attention to even the smallest actions so that concerns do not arise in the future.”
“Yes.”
Lufen sipped her tea again and set her glass down.
“We talked for a while. Didn’t I tell you that it’s good to use Prause?”
“Yes.”
“The birth of a hero means that a demon king has also been born. In other words, when you ascend the throne, the first thing to be resolved is to ‘subdue’ the demons.”
Chris, who finally came to a realization, opened her eyes wide and looked at Lufen.
“I see. Because Prausu has power so strong that he can defeat the Black Dragon in just three sums……. But I don’t know how to use him. Should I say that he can’t feel it? …. There are too many variables because no matter who the opponent is, they act as they please.”
Didn’t Prauss speak plainly and spread life boldly even when the opponent was the emperor?
It was Chris who thought it impossible to predict his actions.
“I sold tax collectors for that. If you have a tax collector, you will have no choice but to follow my words in order to obtain the right of succession from me.”
“!”
“So until then, just lose in moderation. Even for the sake of using Prause.”
‘That’s why… ….’
For some unknown reason, it is true that Prause is using Princess Se-Ri to rule over the royal family.
I admired the loopen that used that point in reverse.
At the same time, he felt a strange resentment at the thought of him being inferior to his elderly father.
“I would have told you to always think deeply and in a variety of ways.”
“Sorry.”
“List the number of cases and possibilities. If the odds are even 1 percent, keep that in mind.”
He warned, extending his index finger. Chris sat down and hunched his back.
“I will keep this in mind.”
“And don’t worry, even if I die, the succession will not pass to the publican. Because I left a will.”
Loupen set the well-rolled parchment down on the table. As she brushes it away, she falls into emotion for a moment.
‘When I think about my lifespan, the first thing that comes to mind is a will. It’s bittersweet.’
She picks up the will and puts it back into her inner pocket.
Chris couldn’t take his eyes off her parchment. Follow as it moves Seeing that, Lufen smiled.
“I’ll put it in a safe, so be sure to take it with me when I die.”
“Yes, Obama.”
“If you’re done talking, go out. Busy.”
Lupen got up from his seat. Watching Rufen’s back as he walked towards the work table, Chris stood up as well.
“That…… What should Prause do if the Great War is over?”
“You are asking a question that has already been answered.”
“That means… ….”
“Kill. Any human who reveals this to the imperial family must not be spared.”
‘Anyone who reveals this to the imperial family must not be spared… ….’
He recited his father’s words to himself. As if trying to imprint in my head.
And there was no way for the two of them to know that these words would trigger a succession war in the future.
“Okay. I will keep that in mind.”
After giving a firm answer, Chris strides out of the office.
It was only after hearing the sound of the door closing with a thud that Rufen looked at the door he had exited.
‘Before I die, a war between man and horse must happen. If not… ….’
Lupen tried to erase the number of ominous cases in his head as he watched the gloomy weather.
* * *
“I’m going alone to the next noble meeting?!”
Seri, who was learning business management from Tori, jumped up from her seat as if having a seizure.
“I am going with Duke Tori, so I am not alone.”
“But… ….”
“Seri, I can’t follow you around forever.”
I had to travel far for a while to find artifacts hidden throughout the region, meet other spirit kings, and understand the level of the warriors.
“Duke Tori will help you with the rest, so don’t worry and go wild.”
“I will be in trouble if I go wild, so stay calm.”
Do you read the atmosphere? Do you really need to choke?
“Duke Tori, how are you going to put a publican on the throne with such a new heart?”
“Don’t you think you’re weird?”
I confidently denied it.
It’s not that I’m weird, it’s that my skills are weird. I’m not at fault.
“Such shameless… ….”
He shook his head from side to side with his hand on his forehead.
“No matter how many people say there is a way, your way is too radical. That’s why you make enemies around you.”
“…… If you don’t do this, you will be looked down upon by those around you. The tax collector has already been ignored by others. The proper line was well matched by the tax collector, but if you don’t instill the perception that it is not easy, it will continue to attack.”
I unconsciously stroked the tax collector’s head and said. Then, he hurriedly removed his hand. Her bashful smile hardened.
“Prause…… ?”
You don’t know how much she’s taken the past two months to boost her tenacity and improve her self-esteem.
It hurts to say that the relationship has become much closer because of that.
But if she really likes me, she should avoid contact with her in the future.
I have to raise the publican to emperor no matter what.
But if the condition of becoming emperor is to marry me…….
I had no choice but to tell her her ‘lie’.
Even knowing that Seri was a yandere, she lied, she didn’t know what kind of aftermath it would bring.
So for my part, I couldn’t close this distance until she ascended to her throne. Never.
“Seri. This time, it is no different from the previous noble meeting. Hold on well among strong men. What to call that support…….”
I handed her what I had written down on some of her parchment, which she had previously written in her Korean.
“What is this?”
“There, it is written about the problems that each noble is suffering from. Look at this and try to put it into words. The hints are all there.”
What was written on the parchment was the content from the ‘sub quest’.
Since it’s a bit early, I don’t know how much she was racking her brains thinking about whether she mentioned ‘a few years ago’ in the quest.
I wouldn’t have remembered it if I hadn’t saved and loaded it while looking through it several times.
It’s really ridiculous, but I never thought the day would come when I would be grateful for being so bad at games.
“If you can’t do this, you can’t become emperor.”
“Okay. I’ll try hard. Ah, so if I finish this time safely, will you grant me one wish?”
After figuring out her feelings, I was focusing on compensation as much as possible.
However, since she had to play an active part in an important agenda like the noble meeting, she couldn’t not beg for a reward.
“… What do you want?”
“I want to talk about that after I finish it safely. I don’t want to be excited for nothing.”
“I can’t listen to anything.”
“Don’t worry. Because ‘only’ Prause can listen to it.”
As expected, it’s not easy to use it if you have a good head.
“I got it. Don’t do that.”
She smiled contentedly and started looking at her book. I quietly looked at the back of her head and left her room.
Just before closing the door, Tori sneaked out.
“Shouldn’t I be watching over you?”
“No. You don’t have to.”
He said as he closed the door.
“The moment he demands compensation from you, he seems to be a completely different human being.”
“What do you mean?”
“Should I say blind? Should I say that I do not cover the means? Anyway yes.”
I don’t choose the means…….
That sounds really unsettling.
I let out a laugh and looked out the window.
Outside, Tina and Iris, perfectly embodying the Aura Sword, were sparring.
Comparing with an aura sword with cutting power that can cut even magic can be interpreted as seriously risking one’s life.
For a while, the two of them stopped sparring at the same time and raised their heads.
Find me on the 3rd floor at once.
Could it be that he sensed a presence? Are you so far away?
I checked to see if I had radiated life, but the hologram was still intact.
Two people wave at me, wiping sweat with the back of their hands.
Although they have already achieved growth in two years that would have taken years, their growth seems to be accelerating.
If you keep growing like this…….
“Maybe we don’t have to wait until ‘a thousand years’ first… ….”
As soon as the princess became emperor, I thought that it might be an option to invade the demon realm from our side.