Launel felt like he was in a deep swamp.
A pitch-black darkness where nothing can be seen.
It was as if I heard someone’s voice in the muddy mire.
let’s go home
Now that it’s all over, let’s get some rest at home.
Launel saw the face of the man leading him.
‘Reinhardt?’
It is impossible.
Launel then realized that this was a dream.
Reinhardt, who was always frowning, couldn’t make an expression that looked like he was worried about someone.
I’ve never seen such a face in my life.
It was an unsuitable face for a demon that commanded, boasted, and looked down on everything but itself.
So this will be a dream.
“Launell. Are you awake?”
Hearing the familiar voice brought Launel back to his senses.
When I opened my eyes, it was a soft bed.
it’s a palace
It is also your own room.
“Looks like I’m still dreaming.”
“no. He opened his eyes in twenty-five days.”
I looked at the butler who was in close proximity.
It was a carefree answer that didn’t feel any tension at all, perhaps because of his old age.
If you open your eyes in twenty-five days, it is normal to make a fuss.
“Really? Did you wake up in twenty-five days?”
“Yes. I thought you couldn’t open forever. What is it? If the empress finds out, she will be very happy.”
He couldn’t lie to himself.
Launel asked, calming down as best he could.
“Why am I in the palace?”
The most curious thing was why he was here.
Clearly, Launel was in the north.
During a search battle with the Phoenix Knights, he was captured by Archduke Carlos.
After that, I remembered how I managed to get out of the dungeon.
‘What happened after that?’
I grabbed my forehead.
My head is pounding.
“Don’t you remember?”
“Looks like you got into a fight with someone. Was it a lich or someone else…”
Ahh.
A vague memory came back.
“yes. Reinhardt. Where is Reinhardt?”
“Then he must be in the Hwangryonggung.”
“It can’t be. The guy is in the north. It means that he obviously held the Caliburn and swung it.”
The butler’s expression darkened slightly.
“Are you talking about spirits? The spirit is still stuck in the rock.”
“What······?”
for a moment. I don’t know what happened.
Reinhardt is also in the prince’s palace, and the spirit Caliburn is still stuck?
Then what did you see?
It’s not an exact memory, but the afterimage of the sword exchange with Reinhardt is clearly imprinted in my mind.
“I have heard that Reinhardt is the holy lord. The lich who occupied my body said so.”
“Sacred Lord? Oh, are you talking about the person who rode that dragon?”
“yes!”
“It was spectacular. He’s the one who saved Launel. By the way, do you mean that person is His Highness Reinhardt?”
Something is strange.
Where did this dragon come from?
The butler had a face that he really didn’t know.
“If you saw the face, you would know.”
“I was wearing a dragon helmet. So I couldn’t recognize his face. Instead, I did something like a declaration of war.”
“Declaration of war?”
“They told me to withdraw from the north immediately. Otherwise, the circumstances of the alliance with the Devil Church will be revealed throughout the continent. It was a truly terrifying sight.”
The butler recalled that time.
Twenty-five days ago, a man who rode a bone dragon and broke through the barriers of the palace.
He called himself the divine lord and said he was the god of the north.
In the Imperial Palace of the Empire, if you dare.
It’s okay to beat him to death, but he was holding Launel hostage.
Thousands of soldiers and knights surrounded him and prepared to attack, but he did not waver.
“The voice was not His Highness Reinhardt. However, I did say this while freeing Mr. Launel. If it’s Mr. Launel, I’ll be able to do it.”
“······ I? What do you mean?”
“It seemed like putting Archduke Carlos on trial.”
I felt dizzy.
Archduke Carlos.
put him on trial
Are you saying that he should be put to death for violating the strict laws of the empire and for dealing with the death of demons?
I tried to argue right and wrong, but putting him on trial was a big deal that couldn’t compare to him.
A civil war could have broken out.
“Did you find anything in the north?”
“no······.”
I did find it.
But it is not a direct link.
At best, it would only reveal a connection with a few lower nobles.
said Launel, who turned his head.
“Then how is the Northern Expedition going?”
“We have withdrawn, but it is a temporary truce. When the delegation arrives later, a formal agreement will be made.”
“I have to go see Reinhardt.”
“You need to rest. There is still recovery…!”
Before the butler could say anything more, Launel got up and moved.
I don’t know what is.
What is certain is that they have to meet Reinhardt first.
*
thud! thud! thud!
Launel’s steps are heavy.
“His Highness Launel, if you come without saying anything in advance…!”
“You can’t go in without permission!”
“Get out of the way!”
However, there was no one big enough to stop Launel, only his feet were swaying.
However, seeing Launel’s face and white suit, he could only guess that ‘something serious happened’.
‘If you’re in a hurry, I won’t even prepare.’
‘Isn’t it something I can do with a knife?’
Launel, who has been asleep for a long time, finds Reinhardt without changing his clothes.
A significant wave was expected. If something big happens, they will be held accountable for not stopping Launel.
Normally, I would count the hearts of such people.
After passing several palaces, Launel’s expression hardened.
‘Caliburn was really stuck. Damn it.’
It was because he had checked the sword, spirit Caliburn, stuck in the rock.
Now it really seems like a dream.
However, there was no way that his memories were entirely wrong.
‘Reinhardt was obviously in the north. There’s no way he’d come back already.’
She already knew that Reinhardt was not in the crown prince’s womb.
So, whether or not Reinhardt is here, if you check with your own eyes, it will be over.
If it doesn’t exist, it will be in the north, if there is…
bang!
Opening the closed door, Launel shouted.
“Reinhardt!”
“noisy.”
··· there was.
But common sense could not understand it.
No matter how fast you travel the rugged Rockari Mountains to the north, a month is a good distance to go. It would take three months to return.
It came back in less than twenty days?
There is no way you can understand
Peacefully, Reinhardt was reading a book while lying on a wide chair.
‘Cultivation rotation’, are you reading a book related to farming?
“What business? Like a thunderclap from early morning.”
“Are you asking because you really don’t know?”
“Don’t you ask because you don’t know? It doesn’t seem like we can communicate just by looking into each other’s eyes.”
that agrees
My head got more complicated.
“When did you arrive?”
“You are talking strangely. I’ve been here all along.”
“Do not lie. I know that you were in the north, and His Majesty the Emperor knows too.”
“yes? I don’t know, so I guess I can go and ask His Majesty the Emperor.”
“I’m asking you seriously.”
Reinhardt, who put the book down, shrugged and stood up.
“I came back in a few days.”
“few days?”
Launel tilted his head.
Since he woke up after twenty-five days, I thought Reinhardt had arrived around that time too.
Reinhardt reacted as if he were asking all sorts of questions.
“What would you do if you lied? Everyone in the family knows this.”
It’s a lie that will soon be discovered. so it will be true
However, Launel still did not understand the current situation.
“You’re the Holy Lord…”
“I? hahahaha!”
I laughed heartily.
By this point Launel was at a loss for words.
“You must have been lying in bed for so long that you can’t tell the difference between reality and dreams.”
Is it really like that?
Is everything you see a dream?
‘but······.’
It’s a little more stable now.
Come to think of it, it was impossible for Reinhardt to be a divine lord and possess the power to overwhelm a lich.
Is it possible to become a god leading the north in just a few dozen days?
It makes sense to believe that he was saved by the Holy Lord in the process of subjugating the lich and the undead.
But then, why did she mistake him for Reinhardt?
Why did the divine lord look at him with a worried expression?
“·············Sorry for making a fuss from morning.”
After biting his lip and lowering his head once, Launel retreated.
In the meantime, I can’t take my eyes off the book.
Reinhardt is a book. it’s farming
Doesn’t fit.
Besides, this was a fairly normal range of conversation.
‘Has the madness gotten better?’
It was clear that the atmosphere had changed.
I wanted to ask why I went to the north and what happened there, but I took a step back.
Because there are still many things to check.
*
I got up and headed out the window.
I thought it would continue, but it ended sooner than I thought.
‘Looks like it went well.’
Right now, I couldn’t reveal that I was the Holy Lord.
Anyway, the north and the empire were at war. If Archduke Carlos and his subordinate nobles knew that I was the Holy Lord, they would not stand still.
The person who bumped into and died several times over the past 20 days was the crown prince.
It wouldn’t have been easy to lead the retreating troops and seize the capital and hang me.
‘No matter how much Carlos did, he must have wanted to avoid contact with the Devil Church.’
The Demon Church is the source of evil that the Empire and the entire continent must eradicate.
If it is revealed that there is a direct connection, even Archduke Carlos will not be safe.
It was clear that killing Damon was the decisive blow.
Since you must have heard that Launel is alive in the palace, you have no choice but to act passively.
With no sign of conquering the north, they eventually retreated and decided on a temporary truce.
It was because the environment in the north was too poor for the people of the empire to fight for a long time.
It was a pretty smart choice.
If they continued to fight sluggishly, both sides would have suffered devastating damage.
‘There is still a truce negotiation and prisoner exchange left. The issue will be who leads it.’
Archduke Carlos would try to deal with it, but it remained to be seen whether it would turn out the way he thought.
If an envoy is sent from the north, one of the lords will probably come.
Whether they want to negotiate with me or Archduke Carlos, what?
anyway.
“His Majesty is calling, Your Highness.”
said Germin outside.
I stretched out slowly.
A little faster than expected. I thought it would take a few more days.
This was the first time he had met the emperor directly since his return.
No, I’ve never had a proper face-to-face in my entire life.
I don’t know what will be said, but he must be asking about what happened in the north.
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Judging from the fact that he had never called me before, he seemed to be in a hurry.
“Say that you will go slowly. You haven’t even washed yet.”
I couldn’t come and go like a thunderbolt like Launel.
We will set out when we are fully equipped and fully prepared.
It wasn’t me who was in a hurry.
＜ Face to face with the Emperor ＞ End