056 Frederic Riester (1)
Since it is a new creature, I guessed it had special abilities, but I didn’t know that it could light a flame from the sword according to the master’s will.
The fire was shaking like a fine candle rather than burning brightly, and I thought that was also the will of the prince.
Without hesitation, Prince Sedric deeply cut the left arm holding the sword.
“Maybe that’s the way it is…”
I felt like I could slowly predict his next move.
Thousands of nobles and commoners who had already held their breath were watching only him.
– Kie hey hey!
– Creung, Creung!
At that moment, the scorpion demon, which was holding its breath, began to flutter.
Some of the remaining magical beasts were barely able to come to their senses and shook their heads.
Now that I see, there were a lot of participants who made it to the stadium safely.
Kristel’s eyes twinkled with interest.
– Kiet! kit! kit! Kei it!
“Noisy.”
As the prince said so, he drew his sword horizontally. OK,
– Whoa!
The air vibrated again.
Knowing that his firepower wouldn’t attack me, I bowed my head and hid Demi in my arms.
A burning sword passed through his hair.
– Aww!
– Hurricane!
It was kind of a wave.
A light flame the size of a house, made of holy fire, not holy water, engulfed the stadium in an instant.
However, water and fire were fundamentally different. As the fire rapidly burns the air,
-Kwagwagwagwa!
A shock like a hurricane followed.
A wind resembling a typhoon blew over the howling land.
The audience covered their heads and bowed their heads.
He saw hats and towels flying high in the sky. I closed my eyes tightly.
Naturally, I expected my body to swell.
“It’s okay, Prince.”
But a friendly voice reached my ears.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a huge shield in front of me. To be precise, it was a wall of crystal clear water.
The outline of the prince was reflected over the shimmering surface of the water.
There was no shock to me.
“Princess Sarnez.”
“Your Majesty is excited. I felt that way when I first showed off my abilities, so I know.”
It was unbelievable speed.
Kristel, who suddenly came in front of me and opened the shield, grinned as she brushed her pink hair that had flowed down a few.
I want to say thank you,
-Keek, Key…
-Cre, Kreung, Kreung…
The last rain of the beasts filled the stadium.
I quickly turned my head and looked back.
– Koo!
– Tung!
-Qaaang…
Monsters large and small were falling into the plains one after another, covered in red flames.
Except for them, everything else was fine.
The participants, startled by the overwhelming force of the prince, threw their weapons on the floor and looked at this side.
It was a confused face with a mixture of awe and admiration.
No one spoke first, nor dared to move.
A silence that didn’t know how many seconds or minutes had weighed on the crowd.
Christel slowly lifted the water curtain.
The subjugation is over. It was the prince’s words.
“············The winner of the ‘Great Subjugation of Demonic Beasts’ in 1613 is His Majesty Prince Sedric!”
The trembling voice of Marquis François Duhem resounded in the land.
A very brief gap passes,
“Wow!”
“Long live His Majesty the Prince!”
“Long live Lister! hurray! hurray!”
“Championship! Championship! Championship! Championship!”
Thousands of crowds of maddened shouts struck the eardrums. The applause went off like fireworks.
Even though it wasn’t my job, I felt overwhelmed.
Everyone’s excitement was burning red. Then, a rain of flowers fell from the spring sky.
Suddenly, the prince approached me and looked down at me.
The moment my eyes met him, a bouquet of flowers thrown from afar fell at my feet.
– Hey!
Demi shrugged and gave strength to her tail.
I turned around and looked in the direction the flower had flown.
“Sir Elizabeth!”
Christel said brightly. Next to Count So were Canael and Benjamin.
The three were waving their hands vigorously and smiling.
The Marquis Duhem, standing right behind him, was wiping tears from his handkerchief.
“Ha ha ha ha ha.”
Finally, laughter broke out. Demi’s warm body temperature reached her shoulders and cheeks.
My whole body tingled as if I had been beaten, and my clothes were rags, but I thought that this was not a bad first outing.
A single pale pink petal landed on the front of the prince’s boots.
*
I can’t even remember how I got back to the Imperial Palace.
“Ahh…”
I barely turned my body complaining of fatigue and lay down on the other side.
The torn forehead and sprained right leg were quickly restored with the help of the healing priest.
However, we left Yeongjuseong the day after the subjugation was over, and thanks to this, my body was full of poison.
It seemed that it would take quite some time to recover the mental and physical stress that I had accumulated over the past two weeks.
I need to get my strength up and think of going home soon, but for the time being, I can’t seem to think of anything.
– Kiy
“Demi, lay down a little longer. It’s only ten o’clock yet.”
I moved the Shinsu, who was holding my forearm down, onto the boat.
My arms and legs drooped after I rolled around on a familiar bed after a long time.
Since I have been on an official vacation for the next week, I was thinking of repeating only eating, playing, and sleeping.
-smart
“······Come on in.”
But the people around me were so diligent.
I grinned as I watched the two shadows carefully entering the room.
I slept a lot at 11 hours.
Soon the bed curtains were lifted, and Canael’s honey-colored eyes looked at me worriedly.
“Good morning, Prince Jesse. Are you feeling unwell? Shall I call you Taei?”
“No, my body is fine. I’m just a little tired. Good morning, Canael.”
“I tried not to wake him up first, but when he slept for more than 12 hours… I came in worried.”
The boy’s voice became low.
I looked at the clock again and saw that it was well past 11 o’clock, not 10 o’clock.
The last thing I remember was to wash up and collapse as soon as I arrived yesterday, but I thought I had passed out properly.
“okay. If I sleep more, my back will hurt, so I have to get up now.”
I straightened up my upper body. Canael smiled relievedly.
Benjamin, who was walking through the window curtains, also saw me and greeted me kindly.
“Good night, Prince.”
“Good night, Benjamin.”
Soon the balcony door opened.
A gentle breeze blew, and the pleasant spring sunlight brightly lit the room.
After that, it was a return to everyday life that I had longed for.
The noisy Juliet Palace brunch began.
“It’s really delicious. I’m glad I’m alive.”
“Wow, prince! Why are you saying that?”
Hearing my admiration, Canael, who was sitting across from me, was stunned.
I smiled brightly and took a large bite of the omelette topped with caviar.
Egg food, which can be a bit greasy on an empty stomach, has a clean and light taste with the salty smell of the sea and sour sour cream.
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On top of the softness that collapsed without being bitten, the texture of the eggs popping out was also excellent.
Although the chefs of the Marquise Duheme and the chefs of Romero’s palace were excellent, there was no one who could match the taste of Laurence, who was also the chef of Juliet’s Palace.
It was very much my taste.
“But really, I’m glad you’re safe. I was so surprised when he came down with the Prince and Princess Sarnez on their backs.”
Benjamin put toast topped with ratatouille on my plate.
I bowed down with a shy face.
“Well, there was no other way than to come down. The two of you had to sleep.”
“You came here riding a magical beast, Prince!”
Canael raised her voice a tone. The look on his face was a mixture of the anxiety and excitement of that time.
“It was so cool, but it was so scary. I’m afraid I might be wrong… Well, everyone in the Imperial Palace wants to see the Prince. Temple knights also came to say hello in the morning!”
The boy swung his fork and poked the ham crepe. My eyes widened a little.
“me? why?”
“Hey, rumors were already spreading while we were coming to the Imperial Palace. The prince descended with the clouds on a dragon the size of a fortress, and awakened the prince and the princess with the power of love.”
“It wasn’t a dragon. And I didn’t use that kind of power.”
“Anyway. The waking princesses spit out demonic beasts with holy water! Sweep it away, and His Majesty drew out the ‘Martian Wisdom’ nicely… Then there was a large waterfall and hot spring in front of Duem Yeongju Fortress. God’s joy is pouring out!”
Canael excitedly explained.
As the boy’s spoon moved violently, Benjamin gently stretched out his hand and interrupted the conversation.
I glanced at the two of them with a puzzled expression.
During the four days of ascending to the ecliptic, he could not even fathom how twisted the contents of the contest were.
“Benjamin, what do you mean by this?”
“I only figured out the situation this morning, too.”
He calmly wiped his lips with a napkin. I quenched my thirst with savory mistletoe tea.
“Of course, it seems that the story of His Majesty the Crown Prince winning the championship and getting sickness has already spread throughout the Empire. There are even sayings that it is the greatest honor since His Majesty was born. There are also rumors that he will ascend to the throne on his birthday in August.”
“Sinmul has been used by individuals, but there seems to be no objection among the people of the Empire.”
I said. Is he also a prince?
“His Highness is also popular, but no one has been able to choose Hye Gum until now. It seems that the perception that His Majesty was ‘chosen by the Lord’ seems to be firmly established. Besides, he showed his abilities as a paladin… There will be quite a few people who think it is reasonable to use a new material.”
Thinking about it that way, it definitely made sense.
I shook my head and bit the toast.
With a crunchy sound, the warm tomato aroma and eggplant taste reached the tip of my tongue.
“Besides, a paladin appeared in the Duke of Sarnez, who boasts the highest authority. Miracles that had never been seen in the Empire for over a thousand years had appeared twice a day. It is not unusual for heroic tales to be inflated.”
Benjamin calmly finished his explanation. I savored the ratatouille and thought quietly.
Still, isn’t it too exaggerated?
“I had no idea that His Majesty had such divine power. All three of them looked like characters from myths. On the way up, everyone tried to talk to the prince, did you not know?”
Canael babbled as he served mandiens on my dessert plate. Did you?
“thank you. I slept all the way, so I can’t remember.”
I answered honestly.
I stopped by several inns when I came, but to me it was just a room for sleeping.
All I could think of was getting off the carriage and being teased by Kristel’s escort, mistaking Sir Elizabeth’s medicine for tea and drinking it, and opening the door to the prince’s bedroom while sleeping and stepping back.
“I guess I was out of my mind.”
“’You have to go crazy.’ There is such a thing, Prince.”
Canael looked at me with a very proud look. is this an insult?
Then, a heavy knock sounded.
– Tick Tick
“Come on in.”
I answered. This too was a long time ago. Seeing the faces of the other servants of Juliet’s Palace.
“Prince, I would like to see the vassal.”
waitress? For a moment, even though I was happy with the familiar face, my mind became cold.
If it was the chief of staff, he was a person who directly looked after Emperor Frederic in the Imperial Palace, and was one of the royal officials of the Imperial Palace.
He was also a person I had never met after possessing ‘Toegye Gong’.
I looked at Benjamin and Canael’s complexion and nodded.
Soon, a middle-aged woman appeared behind the young servant.
With every single strand of wheat-colored hair pulled up, she had a solemn and sober look overall.
The attitude of bowing was overflowing with dignity.
“With the blessing of the Lord, I see Prince Jesse Penetian. My name is Laura Mendy of the Duke of Mendy, the vassal of His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Nice to meet you, Laura.”
I answered politely.
There was only one reason for the chief servant to personally visit the Juliet Palace, which is called the ‘cold palace’.
Because that’s the king’s will.
I began to quickly look back on what sins I had committed.
Did you hear that I called the prince a madman? But he was cheap even after hearing that.
“Your Majesty the Great Emperor has officially invited the Prince to the celebration of Prince Sedric’s ‘Great Defeat of Demons’ victory.”
“yes?”
“Your Majesty showed great interest and interest in the Prince’s activities, and he was deeply moved by the courage and goodwill that came to help His Majesty the Crown Prince. Therefore, I would like to congratulate the prince directly in the presence of key figures from the imperial family and noble families.”
······directly?