episode_0294

[I am sorry and so very sorry, Miss Vivian. I committed such an act against your father due to my vile jealousy.]

Inside the jade seal box delivered to Vivian, along with the jade seal, was Louis XV’s final letter.

He was driven to the edge of a cliff and at his last moment, the one who reached out a hand was none other than his political enemy’s daughter, Vivian.

Experiencing this, Louis XV, on his final journey, wanted to apologize to the person against whom he had built up evil deeds and to correct the history that he and Antoine had twisted.

[I am ashamed, but I have determined that for the sake of the empire’s peace, the imperial throne must ultimately be passed on to Miss Vivian. My children are too young, and I can no longer trust the others around me.]

The reason he sent the jade seal to Vivian through his chamberlain, Count Van Basten,

was to raise Vivian Saint-Pierre as the next emperor.

Louis XV has two princes and two princesses, but the eldest has only just passed the age of 10.

He could use the system to request assistance from close high-ranking nobles, but most of them have already sided with Antoine.

Therefore, Louis XV had no choice but to send a final request for help to Vivian.

[And… I am ashamed, but I entrust the empress, princes, and princesses to you.]

Feeling his end approaching, Louis XV was most concerned about his own flesh and blood.

He himself had seen well how the loser ends up while competing with Alexis.

If he had entrusted them to other nobles, they would have tried to bargain with Antoine using the empress, princes, and princesses as leverage.

In the end, he had no choice but to ask Vivian, the person he had stabbed with a knife, for the safety of his own family.

As the situation turned out that way, he recalled when Alexis had come to see him near the end.

He had smiled viciously at him and acted arrogantly,

and Louis XV felt a very guilty and ashamed feeling in his heart.

“…….”

Vivian’s expression was subtle as she silently read Louis XV’s letter.

‘The person who led my father to his death is asking me to protect his own family…’

The wound engraved deep in her heart ached.

‘Father…’

At that moment, Vivian naturally thought of her father, Alexis.

[Why is this father of yours working so hard in the business that people despise so much?]

[Father… I don’t understand… It seems like you would receive more recognition from people for doing something more meaningful…]

A member of the imperial family doing business, that sight was hot in many ways.

Among them, in the early days, a significant number of people around Alexis pretended to be positive on the surface but criticized him behind his back.

Smart little Vivian held her father’s hand and met people, reading the atmosphere.

Therefore, she couldn’t understand. Why her father was trying to take this path.

[Yes, this father has heard it too. People say that I’m trying to buy the emperor’s seat with money. Hahaha!]

Alexis stroked the head of little Vivian, who looked troubled by the unpleasant things people were saying about her father, and spoke candidly.

[Buying the emperor’s seat with money, in a way, that means the power of wealth is that great. With that immense power, this father has something he wants to do, Vivian.]

[What is it, Father?]

Alexis, the one called the vessel of the emperor, has a dream.

[I want to feed the people of the empire well, clothe them well, and let them live warmly.]

That is to create an empire where the people can truly live well.

[In order for that to be possible, wealth is necessary. There are limits to magical and academic knowledge. For now, it may be seen negatively, as people say, but this father is confident that he can endure and move forward for that goal.]

The ancient era of the Pedon Continent was the age of magic. And the ripple effect of that age of magic has been passed down to this day.

The ripple effect means that commerce and science, etc., have not properly developed.

When someone has to step forward and open a new era, Alexis, the vessel of the emperor who loves the people so much, wants to endure the stinging gaze of the people.

[Wow! Father, you’re so cool! I want to become someone who loves the people like you, Father!]

[Hahaha! It gives me even more strength to hear our Vivian say that!]

After hearing those words, Vivian became Alexis’s number one ardent supporter.

Always, anytime, anywhere, she supported and stood by her father, who worked hard for the empire and its people.

‘If it were Father, he would be thinking of the empire and its people even at this moment…’

Vivian’s heart remains unchanged even now.

The reason she started working for the Pieta Merchant Group was also to carry on her father’s will.

Her decision to respond to Louis XV’s request for help was also made from a public perspective rather than a private motive.

‘Then what about me…?’

However, she was faced with a situation that was difficult to handle with that kind of thinking anymore.

It is time to put forward Vivian Saint-Pierre’s own thoughts, not imitating someone else.

The reason is that becoming an emperor is not simply helping, but taking responsibility by stepping forward.

‘Eugene…?’

What Vivian herself considers most important,

What is the motive that makes Vivian act with the greatest sense of responsibility,

When she thought of that herself, what flashed through Vivian’s mind was her man, Eugene Schneider.

“Okay.”

After a short time, but a deep silence, Vivian slowly opened her mouth to Count Van Basten.

“First of all, I will accept this jade seal. That will definitely be helpful in properly resolving this situation. And the emperor’s last request will be fulfilled. At least, if they don’t do anything foolish.”

The Saint-Pierre family, whose wings were clipped by the machinations of Antoine and Louis, once again began to soar as the vessel of the emperor.

“The Demon King… I really can’t believe that story, Eugene…”

Charlotte shook her head with a pale face.

She had heard from Eugene Schneider the prophecy he had heard from Drake.

“I understand, Sister. Still, you are a current nun of the Holy See, so I think it’s not easy to accept the Eye of the Demon God, which is called an affair, and the story of the Demon King’s advent that comes with it. But it’s true. I hope you’ll accept it with the same faith you have in me.”

Before long, Eugene Schneider and his group had reached the vicinity of the place where they were to meet Jeanne and her group.

Then, Eugene Schneider told Charlotte and Marianne the most problematic information he had learned in the process of subjugating Drake.

‘Something feels off. I think I’ll feel more comfortable if I refresh them in advance before going in.’

Eugene Schneider, who had directly met Drake last night and confirmed the advent of the Demon King,

couldn’t get that word out of his head ever since.

For some reason, the category of the Demon King’s advent did not feel far from him.

It felt like something direct would happen soon.

That’s why he suddenly blurted it out like this.

“Yes, Charlotte, from the moment we witnessed the dimensional rift, we needed to broaden our common sense a little more.”

On the other hand, Marianne diligently supported her adopted son, Eugene Schneider.

“So Mother, you were already considering the possibility of the Demon King’s advent to some extent?”

And Eugene Schneider guessed the background for why Marianne could do that.

Marianne was already in a state of sufficient mental preparation.

“That’s right, Eugene. After experiencing the dimensional rift at the Altar of Heaven, I have been conducting various studies until now, and I have gained quite in-depth knowledge about the Demon King, who was influenced by the Demon God. The signs of the past month or so, they matched that knowledge so well.”

Marianne nodded slowly in agreement.

Marianne had been studying the culture of other races for a long time, enough to procure and use the Heart of the Sun.

Of course, the demons were also included in that.

As a result, the signs that appeared when the Demon King, who received the grace of the Demon God in ancient times, descended and the events that have been happening recently coincided so much.

“So I was wondering if I should tell you, but I’m glad you mentioned it, Eugene. To think that such a thing happened in Enclema…”

She had been thinking about it since she recruited the Gray Bear Mercenary Corps,

and when Eugene joined, she wondered if she should talk about the Heart of the Sun and mention the Demon King at the same time.

But in the end, she gave up, but Marianne is glad that Eugene Schneider opened the floodgates first.

“I hesitated because I had a confidentiality agreement with the Imperial Knights. But in the current situation, I thought it was meaningless to argue about that anymore. Because the empire itself is in a dangerous situation.”

Eugene Schneider had his own shackles on what happened in Enclema.

Rather than simply because the Imperial Knights were the other party, he kept the secret because his relationship of trust with Victoria had deepened.

However, he thought differently because the current situation was considered outside the norm.

“Then, is the Demon King’s advent by the Demon God taking place among the demons who have settled in the north now, Mother?”

When both her role model mother and her beloved younger brother Eugene Schneider spoke in one voice, Charlotte finally accepted the situation.

“That is unknown. It can be established not only for demons, but also for demon half-bloods, or those who have a secondarily deep connection. In the case of the Demon King who was influenced by the last Demon God in ancient times, he was a demon half-blood.”

Marianne shook her head at Charlotte’s question.

There are several reasons why Marianne hesitated to talk about the Demon King, one of which is the fact that not only pure demons become Demon Kings who have received the grace of the Demon God.

That can be said to be a theory that directly contradicts the teachings of the Goddess of Light Church.

“Then, could it be Eugene too? Is our Eugene also included in that possibility?”

Charlotte, the chief nun who should have been furious and ranting, telling them not to disrupt the teachings, was originally.

But her thoughts turned in another direction.

That’s because she recently learned that her beloved younger brother, Eugene Schneider, is a demon half-blood.

“Haha! Don’t worry about that, Sister. Drake said that it’s not me. That’s why he implanted the power to seal the dimensional rift.”

Eugene calmed Charlotte, who had a worried expression.

That’s because he received direct confirmation from Drake last night.

“Haa… That’s a relief then…”

Charlotte, hearing Eugene’s words, took a deep breath and stroked her chest.

But

‘A secondarily deep connection…?’

Eugene Schneider, who was calculating that the Demon King would descend among the demons or demon half-bloods,

had an expression of deja vu.

And that expression

“Mina… Mina has become the Demon King, Eugene…”

The reality, as it was, was spoken by Jeanne and flew to Eugene Schneider.