on the palm of your hand – 2
After I delayed my answer for a moment, the emperor opened his mouth quietly.
“The lord of Drronor, Count Acain de Hofmann, was from the beginning the most powerful lord in the south. As you know, they are descendants of the Heroes of the 4th Hero Party.”
“……”
“Once he raised his voice, he became the focal point like a ghost.”
“What specifically are you going to do?”
“I formally filed a petition with Jim. Send the Holy Knights of Light to Hearthpil’s estate to investigate. And if you don’t accept it, he said he would send an investigator himself.”
The emperor touched his forehead there.
“In the original case, it is correct that an investigation should be conducted even without a petition. But Jim knows it’s best not to interfere in the hero’s work.”
“Is that also included in the education of the royal family?”
“Yes. A hero is an existence beyond human cognition. The Emperor’s job is to support them as much as possible so that there is no hindrance to their actions.”
He looked directly at me there.
“So, can I get an answer? To persuade Count Akane of Dronor.”
“……”
“You can think of it as a quest from Jim.”
I looked at the emperor carefully.
The emperor’s plans can only be guessed, but that’s not to say there’s no truth to what he said.
If I want to become a true hero, I have to make a name for myself in the south as well as in the north of the continent.
For that you have to do the first thing.
– To erase the color of kaleid.
For this goal, it was necessary to convince the lord of Drronor, who was shouting the loudest Caled praise in the south.
However.
‘First, I’ll have to build a discussion with this ant.’
The back of my head is itching because I can’t concentrate on what I have to do.
I nodded my head first.
“Well sir. your majesty.”
“Five. Are you accepting the quest?”
“Yes. It seems like the empire is split between me and Kyle unintentionally. There should be no division at this time.”
“Jim thinks so too.”
“That’s right. All mankind must go hand in hand.”
I added a word there.
“It’s centered around me.”
The emperor’s expression darkened.
That night.
Serene received an extremely secret call.
When he commissioned the assassination of Kayle, the emperor gave her a code.
If someone recites the code, think of it as a message from the emperor himself.
A little while ago, the waitress at the inn gave us a service and a light late-night snack, and said the code right before we left.
And a brief message… or an instruction.
“Please come to the ‘Moon Night’ Inn by 11 pm tonight.”
“Wow. Did you even buy the employees of this ordinary inn? How much do you work for?”
“……Anyway, I made it clear. Just like that.”
The employee went out.
Serene headed to the meeting place just in time.
There was an inn that was extremely shabby for the emperor of the empire to live in.
There is only one guest.
Serene sat across from the emperor who was waiting first, and opened her mouth.
“Can I walk around alone like this? How cruel the world is.”
“There are those who keep things out of sight. You’re a hero too, haven’t you noticed?”
“In our party, each has its own strengths and weaknesses.”
“It’s our party… It seems like they abandoned Kayle and switched to Maid.”
“It’s a bad word to hear. You could say that he recognized Maid as a true hero.”
“Weren’t you a person who acts for your own purpose, not for a sense of duty?”
Serena smiles.
“Right. And that’s why I joined Maid’s party.”
“Did he promise to abolish the priesthood? If it’s according to Jim’s inclination…”
“no. I was just telling myself to do it.”
“I knew it would too. So, is Jim’s request still valid?”
Serena delayed answering for a moment.
To be sure, Maid did not say that he would make the priesthood abolished under the name of the hero.
Instead, he said he would invest large sums of money when he started the potion business.
In a way, it was a funny promise that had less weight than the emperor and Calde.
But, strangely, his promise shook Serrain’s heart even more.
Of course, she didn’t say this inside out, but came up with a different answer.
“I do not know. In the yard where even the Knights of the Black Sun took place, do you still believe that the Demon King will not come? Just because the trust didn’t come down?”
“Yes. That’s why trust is an absolute guide.”
“Something seems to me to be deliberately ignoring the correct answer.”
“I know you are free-spirited and sometimes cheeky, but how about paying attention to your words for now.”
“……”
“Let’s get to the point.”
Whoops.
The emperor leaned over to Serene.
“As you might have guessed, I want you to kill Maid.”
“Can I leave Kale alone now?”
“There are a few territories in the south, but when you look at the continent as a whole, the trend has already turned. It’s impossible for Kayle to turn around again. However……”
“It means that Maid’s name has risen.”
“okay. Enough for the con artist to turn his sword against the Empire if he so desires.”
Serena takes a deep breath.
“Mr. Maid won’t do that. I am a person whose top goal is to live comfortably after retirement.”
“I wish I was naive enough to believe that.”
“Anyway, I will decline.”
“……”
“Don’t call me anymore. Because I have no intention of asking your majesty for my wishes.”
The emperor’s expression hardened.
He continued with a low growl.
“Is that really okay?”
“Can you?”
“You don’t know who is protecting your parents.”
“……!”
“Even now, with just one word, Jim can drop their necks. As long as their titles are deprived anyway, it is not a politically burdensome choice.”
Serena was desperately trying to suppress the expression on her face.
But it didn’t work for a seasoned emperor.
“I am also concerned. Those who abused you so much, it’s amazing.”
“You are cowardly.”
“I can’t sit here just being fair. I shouldn’t have made Jim come up with a bad trick.”
“……”
“Soon, Maid will go to the Dronor estate.”
The clever Serene knew what he was trying to say.
“Are you telling me to assassinate Maid in that estate?”
“okay. Still, it’s the territory of Dronor who couldn’t eat Maid. If Maid is assassinated there…”
“You can hold the lord of Dronor accountable.”
“Well. I was very surprised to see Count Akane who became the center of the south this time. Count Akane decided that he could be a threat to the Empire if he wanted to.”
“……”
“Kill the impostor Maid, and hold Count Akane accountable. Don’t you think it’s a good plan for one stone and two birds?”
Serene honestly thought it was a good ploy.
If it wasn’t for this position.
She said.
“Why do you keep doing this to me? His Majesty would be able to entrust it to the highest level assassination guild.”
“Maid’s skills are great, but there’s a bright death attached to that side. You must have complained about your troubles as an excuse before?”
“It’s difficult for a priest like me. But if there are several special assassins…”
“The offense was that the al-Qahad had been chasing after him for over a decade, but he could not find a hem.”
Serena was amazed.
‘Was that guy like that? When I was at the Kaleid party, I was working hard and I was negligent.’
What. It’s similar to me though.
said the emperor.
“If you have such a legendary assassin by your side, no matter how high-ranking assassination guild, there is no way it will work.”
“Do I work, huh?”
“I think it’s more likely than borrowing external power, at least. Wouldn’t we do our best if our parents’ lives were at stake?”
“……”
“I beg you. Serene Magnus.”
widely.
The emperor rose from his seat.
And he left without saying goodbye.
Serene stared at the back for a while and then got up.
Then, he returned to the inn where Maid and his party were staying.
The party had chartered a table and waited.
“I’m back.”
“Come on. great job.”
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Maid gently pulled out a chair and asked.“How is it?”
Serena received the car that Lissel had offered her.
And he stuck his tongue out.
‘The real Maid is amazing. how……’
How did I know the emperor would call me?
She took a sip of tea and answered.
“It was all as Maid expected.”
I had anticipated a day like today when I learned that the Emperor had commissioned Serane to assassinate Caled.
That if my fame overwhelms Kayle, the Emperor will turn the sword to me.
‘Maybe the same thing happened before the return.’
Serene was attached to Kayle and gave up the assassination, but that didn’t mean she gave up on the Emperor as well.
However, no matter how much he looked through his memories before returning, there was never any particular risk of assassination against Kayle.
Rather, at that time, the emperor smiled and supported the battle with the demon king.
[How did you do it?]
‘Idria must have given her some advice. He said that he took advantage of the emperor’s weakness, or killed the emperor and set up his own puppet on the spot.’
[You’re making a terrifying sound for nothing.]
Anyway, I predicted that the Emperor would call Serane secretly.
That’s why I asked her to treat her appropriately and report back.
“……It was roughly these kinds of stories.”
When Serine finished explaining, everyone burst out in anger.
“After all, he’s an ant cub, so his brain capacity seems to be small.”
“I will try to kill the hero, the hope of mankind. Such a person must not sit on the throne of the empire!”
“Fufu. mother. Your only flaw in your impeccable perfection is that emperor. But humans are inherently imperfect and therefore beautiful.”
“He’s a person who doesn’t quite understand the situation. Pointing a knife at Maid.”
“Grade-sama must be hitting the ground in the underworld.”
After savoring the various reactions, I asked Serene.
“therefore? What are you going to do?”
“What should I do?”
“Aren’t you supposed to kill me? It’s nothing else and your parents’ lives are at stake.”
Serena flinches.
The party members also stopped their anger and carefully looked into Serrain’s eyes.
After thinking for a while, she said.
“Uh, um. If possible, I want my parents to be alive.”
“You must be a parent with only bad memories. After all, blood is thicker than water…”
“no. I’ll try to listen to them later. There’s something I really want to hear.”
“what is that?”
“They say I’m not your sister.”
Knowing what he meant, I tapped the table with my index finger.
“I say this, but I don’t think it’s going to be that easy to break your parents’ false beliefs.”
“Huhu. Everything has a plan. Are you curious?”
“no.”
“So, what are you going to start with?”
I had other ideas to protect my mental health.
Before departing for the territory of Dronor, I plan to build a negotiation with the emperor.
In order to do that, there must be nothing caught on this side.
Then I heard Serena’s voice.
“how about it? Is this enough to change your mind? I made a list with reference to what I was doing to those people.”
“I wasn’t listening.”
“Wow……”
“As an apology, I will rescue my parents.”
Serene remained silent for a moment, then asked cautiously.
“how? The emperor must have kept it hidden.”
“What is your father’s name?”
“Oh, it’s Isaac Magnus.”
“Wait a minute.”
I called the trail.
‘Let’s check it out.’
[okay.]
＜I used the Eye of the Battery.＞
＜Currently the battery’s eye level is 3. The secret level that can be read is B level.＞
＜The selection condition is ‘The Secret Between Hyphon Van Hedman and Isaac Magnus.’＞
＜This secret level is B level. Browse.＞
It’s a B grade, so it’s pretty high.
It seems that the emperor hid it quite carefully.
Soon the screen popped up.
On the screen, the emperor was having a conversation with the former Count Isaac.
“Lungs, Your Majesty. Where are you taking me?”
“The Count… No, I am no longer a Count.”
“That’s right. Thanks to His Majesty.”
“Are you blaming me? Are you the one who has gone so mad that you tortured and abused your daughter like that?”
Then Isaac had a seizure.
“It’s not torture, it’s love! It’s not me who’s crazy, it’s my daughter.”
“Well, okay.”
“No matter how much I ask you to destroy it, so forcibly…”
“Didn’t you say it was?”
widely.
He stopped walking.
It was in front of a small room.
Once inside, there was another door.
There was a door in the room.
To be precise, there was only ‘the door’.
‘What is that?’
Ordinarily, the door is supposed to exist to separate it from the other side.
But there was no other side to the eyes on the screen.
It’s just a bunch of doors and it’s standing on the floor.
I figured out where it was.
A mysterious place where no one knows who made it, why it was made, or how it was made.
The place where Beyond’s large-area search magic circle is engraved.
The place where Dame’s heirloom book was kept.
‘Hwangseong Underground!’