Suggestion
His eyes were so blatantly fixed on me that I looked around for a moment.
It was a structure that, if someone were to see this now, they would not be able to notice that Caicilia was watching me.
But, fortunately, everyone except me had been kneeling down on one knee and bowing their heads toward the throne. No one seemed to notice us.
Caicilia’s golden eyes curved like a crescent moon, drawing a graceful curve. As always, it was the eyes that made the viewer goosebumps.
Those eyes were full of love and interest towards me. I tried to ignore that gaze, and went behind Erika, knelt down on one knee, and bowed my head toward the throne.
“Raise your head.”
Less than a second after I lowered my head, the order to raise my head came. I raised my head. It was a very intentional order to keep me from bowing my head to myself.
Caicilia, who had returned from a woman with a keen interest in a single man to a sharp and overbearing emperor of the Aethernum Empire, opened her mouth in a nonchalant voice with one chin resting on her chin.
“Do you know why I called you guys?”
“I do not know! sorry! your majesty!”
The voice of the commander of the Golden Twilight Knights resounded in response to the formal question that was usually asked when standing in front of Caicilia.
“We don’t know either. I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
Aurora also answered calmly. It was a formal question and a formal apology. No one here thought that he could give the right answer to that question.
The person who asked the question was also making an expression that he knew that. Cacilia rested her chin on the back of her hand, resting her elbow on the armrest of the throne and staring at Aurora with an indifferent face.
Aurora’s body trembled when she was stared at.
“Hasn’t he been acting really cute lately, Aurora?”
“… … .”
Aurora bowed her head without answering.
“When did you say to avoid eye contact?”
Just then, a savage warning returned. The bowed head quickly returned to its place.
“Tell me what you were doing with your own mouth.”
“… … They were trying to reinstate the Knights of the Silver Dawn.”
“You know that. I will praise you.”
Aurora’s body convulsed so clearly that it could be seen from behind. It was the same with the four knight commanders in front of me and the former Silver Dawn Knights who were at the very back of the Golden Twilight Knights.
Silence ensued. Caicilia won’t open her mouth, so who dares to speak? No human in this place was stupid enough to do such a stupid thing.
“… … .”
Aurora’s trembling gradually grew in proportion to the lengthening of the silence in the central hall.
Silence is far, far from being a word with a good meaning. This was especially true in a situation where the emperor threw a question as if he were interrogating him.
“delta.”
Caicilia, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke up. I answered quickly.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“What do you think?”
“… … Yes?”
“Do you think I should take back my position in the Order of the Argent Dawn?”
For a moment, I wondered why that person was doing that. I wondered why you were asking me that. I don’t think Caicilia was the type to ask other people’s opinions when making decisions.
I was taken aback for a moment, then I made up my mind. I don’t know what happened, but this was an opportunity to revive the Knights of the Silver Dawn. The reason why Caicilia did that could be considered later.
“That’s right.”
The bodies of the knight commanders shook slightly. It was a very tense look. Their treatment will be determined by the answer the emperor gives.
Caicilia was still staring at me with her chin resting on her chin, then turned to Aurora and smiled.
“Thank you Delta for relieving you of trouble. Aurora.”
“… … .”
Upon hearing those words, Aurora’s shoulders slightly drooped. The tension seemed to have melted away. Until just now, he must have been terrified that he had somehow offended the emperor.
“I will accept your opinion. I will reinstate the Knights of the Silver Dawn.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
The knight commanders lowered their heads with small trembling voices. Cacilia, listening to the thanks, flicked her left hand as she passed it over.
The women who were kneeling in the back row of the Golden Twilight Knights, wearing white sleeveless shirts and black dolphin pants, got up together and came near me.
Then, with me in the center, they knelt down on one knee toward the throne, making five and a half rows on either side. Its head bowed. Now they can be called the Knights of the Silver Dawn again.
“Your words are not over yet.”
The atmosphere that was about to become a bit chaotic subsided at once. The golden pupil turned towards me again. Suddenly, an ominous feeling crossed my mind.
“delta.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
As expected, the ominous premonition never went wrong. This time, without fail, the words calling me came out of Caicilia’s mouth. I wondered what else I was going to do.
However, the words spoken next went far beyond my expectations.
“I will give you half of the Golden Twilight Knights. From now on, you will not be a new Knight of the Silver Dawn Knights, but you will become the Knight Commander of the newly created Knights Order.”
“your majesty! What!”
The golden armor raised its head, almost screaming in astonishment. The impact must have been so great that he even froze in that posture without even moving.
It was worth it. It wasn’t enough that the Knights of the Silver Dawn, which he had torn apart, were reunited, and on the contrary, the Knights of the Golden Twilight were torn apart.
“… … .”
I looked up at Cacilia, dumbfounded. What are you giving me? Half of the Golden Twilight Knights?
‘… … Is this the aftermath of the twisted story?’
It would be foolish to expect the story or events of the original story to continue now, but of course this did not happen. I don’t know if the player becomes the captain of another knight’s order.
And, what the hell am I doing sitting there.
If it’s the early bosses, they’ll be able to deal with them. However, even if you become the boss in the middle, ordinary knights will be wiped out in one fell swoop if you attack them together.
No matter how much it is strengthened with the new mode, the increase in the spec of the boss is several times or several tens of times that of a normal mob. The fundamental difference in specifications between field mobs and bosses could not be resolved.
It would be easy to catch ordinary enemies like them, but in that case, it would be much easier and simpler to take the knight commanders with you.
‘There’s nothing particularly different.’
As I’ve done so far, if I solve the really dangerous guys with help and level the rest the way I handle it, even if I become the guild leader, nothing will change in the end.
“Have you raised your voice against the woman’s decision?”
Caicilia let out a ghastly voice and widened her eyes. Perhaps noticing that the atmosphere was unusual, the golden armor hurriedly lowered its head.
“Oh no! your majesty! How dare someone like me!”
Kaicilia’s face returned to normal after confirming that the knight commander was lying flat on the floor. The voice, much colder than before, continued.
“You must have heard the rumors circulating in the imperial palace right now. speak right now.”
Hearing that raspy voice, he froze for a while before answering with a stutter.
“It is said that when there was a dragon attack, there was a person who fought against the dragon and defeated it… … Rumors. And, the one who defeated the dragon… … I, a new knight—”
“I am the knight commander. Are you sure you still haven’t come to your senses?”
“… … It’s a rumor that I’m the knight commander. your majesty.”
Judging by the fact that as soon as he tried to call me a new knight, he jumped in like crazy and corrected it, so it seemed that he had no intention of overturning the decision. My eyes widened slightly.
“Yes. That knight fought the dragon alone and made it retreat.”
Long, slender fingers tapped the handle of the throne. Hopefully, the thought came to mind. I felt like I knew what was going to happen next.
“The rumor is true. I saw it clearly with my own two eyes.”
All eyes were on me, full of astonishment.
It was a rumor that had spread throughout the imperial palace, so it was impossible not to hear it, and while there was confusion about whether it was true or not, the emperor himself drove a wedge into the truth. It was a well-deserved response.
‘No, you saw it more clearly than that?’
Didn’t he faint after hearing the roar and then come to his senses?
Since I don’t know when Caicilia was awake, it was ambiguous for me to blindly disbelieve that word.
‘Where do I start explaining?’
He tried to read my memory and said that he understood on his own terms and then went back, but to Caicilia it seemed like I was fighting and defeating the dragon.
I was at a loss as to where to start clearing up the misunderstanding. I doubt if it can be solved in the first place.
“Ha, hao. Your Majesty—”
As if he was really quite shocked, he was stuttering and trying to refute something.
“You guys did the same thing. What’s wrong? Do you want it to be torn apart without even half of it remaining?”
“… … no. your majesty.”
Of course, it was an act that didn’t even work. The golden helmet was tucked down. From that point of view, it would be a situation like a thunderbolt in a dry sky, but I didn’t feel particularly pitiful.
Because, as Caicilia had just said, she had received the karma for her actions intact.
Rather, with half of the members remaining, it could be seen that the damage was less than the Knights of the Silver Dawn. Besides, I wasn’t kicked out to the periphery of the empire with the vicious lord.
“Come closer, Delta.”
Caicilia called me, paying no attention to the completely frustrated leader of the Golden Twilight Knights.
I quietly walked right in front of it. Using the memory of the last time as a lesson, this time I knelt in a seat a little closer from the beginning. Caicilia’s lips lifted slightly.
“I will make you an offer.”
It’s a proposal. It was an ominous echo. Only words are suggestions, but in fact, you can say words that are no different from orders. If it was Caicilia, that would be enough.
“What is it, Your Majesty?”
But I couldn’t express it, so I raised my head and met your eyes. Caicilia bowed her head. Through the hole in the uniform, the upper chest and breastbone were exposed.
Thumb and forefinger gripped my chin. His face was slightly raised, and the distance closed as if they were about to kiss. I could feel the sweet breath on my lips.
“I will give you the position of my direct subordinate. Do you have any intention of leading your knights and becoming mine?”
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