episode_0182

I was fooled!!

It’s too much work!

It was good to become emperor, but there was too much work.

‘Why did I say it twice?’

No joke, the empire was a complete mess.

Suddenly. The door opened.

‘…’

Marian inadvertently raised her head and paused for a moment.

Tray comes in. Not something like a delicious snack. Heaps of paper piled up.

Once approval is completed, documents are added.

“Your Majesty, the report is here!”

“Your Majesty, this is a reminder from the Western Kingdom!”

“Your Majesty, an envoy has arrived from the Northern Empire!”

Even while working, work continues to pile up.

“Check the bond and pay it in a lump sum… No, wait…, the West?”

Marian, who shouted inadvertently, jumped up.

“Yes… It’s a different country than before…”

“How much…”

As Marian sighed, the older vassal spoke cautiously.

“Well… then. Should we raise taxes?”

The idea is to raise taxes to pay off the national debt.

“What if we raise taxes in this situation?… No, that’s enough. Just tell Marquis Hermann to handle it at my own expense, and he will take care of it.”

“Yes… Your Majesty.”

After the vassals left, Marian, who was left alone, picked up the documents.

‘why! Why so much money…’

I wanted to throw it away, but doing so would only lead to more work, so I quietly put down the documents in my hand and headed to the window.

Processing for the next successor? I didn’t even want that, but…

“…Jo Won, who was chewing on KakaoTalk, almost looks like a nobleman.”

When I first saw government bonds, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

No matter how much the emperor is, such an enormous amount of money.

Actually, this empire, what would have happened if it wasn’t for me…

Well, I guess I can repay you.

When you gently open the curtain, a beautiful view unfolds. It was a newly prepared office for Marian, who had a lot of work to do. It’s literally the best location in the empire. A spectacular view that anyone can admire, only because he is an emperor.

“Hmm…”

Okay, let’s say you bought an empire.

What’s the point of blaming someone who’s already dead?

So, I decided to pay with my own money.

Maybe it’s because the kingdom that tried to rip off me burned down, but it seems like there’s no such thing anymore.

The money I was planning to spend was solidified, so in the end, it was a benefit… but it was a benefit…

‘Oh, it’s annoying. do not want to do it. I want to rest.’

Even though I was muttering, I continued to move the fan.

‘Why has the work increased more?’

no. As I said, I know why.

Other countries, who had even glimpsed the power of our country, sent envoys for friendship. And not just one, but a ton of them.

‘haha. Of course you don’t have to pay it back.’

‘I know from the rumors, Sir, no, excuse me, it was our mistake to give money to the devil.’

‘I hope to go along well. The development of the empire in a short period of time is dazzling.’

‘I heard rumors, but… I really can’t put into words how beautiful your Majesty is. I don’t think I can express it all using any words I know.’

They all wanted to become friendly with the empire.

It’s a good thing. Establishing friendships and trade with other countries.

The problem is that we are too busy.

Even now, there are 14 delegations in the palace…

“Your Majesty. What are you thinking like that?”

Perhaps because I sighed heavily, Elaine tilted her head.

“Feeling like running away?”

I took a sip of the coffee she gave me and then leaned back in my chair.

“Yes?”

Elaine laughed awkwardly.

‘ah.’ You think it’s a joke.

The look she gave me was as if her well-raised daughter had become the CEO of a large corporation.

No, that’s probably true. Rather, it would be higher than that.

But I’m not kidding.

Of course, I guess my subordinates keep sending me more work because I’m good at my job even though I’m such a fuss.

Who said the emperor was honey?

Oh, of course, an emperor who doesn’t work for a tyrant is sweet.

Then the country will be a mess, and a country that is already a mess will become even more messed up, right?

“Ha.”

It would be better to just kill the emperor.

But if I don’t do it, who will?

‘Let’s just finish this, I’m sure there won’t be more added…’

*

There was a long line in front of the emperor’s office as if it were a famous restaurant.

And there.

“I… the head maid.”

“No.”

We see Elaine and the maids guarding the door like gatekeepers, and officials pleading with them.

“But unless it is Your Majesty.”

“No.”

No matter how much they said, the maids did not budge.

‘How delicate and fragile you are.’

‘It’s still too much work!’

“Your Majesty’s work is finished today.”

In the end, they went back holding a mountain of documents.

“I don’t think it will work.”

“What should I do?”

Marianne handled the largest amount of work in less than a day, so it was natural for them to rely on her.

“How about going to the Empress?”

“I already went. I thought the 1st Empress was in the library… but I couldn’t find her when I looked for her.”

The middle-aged official shook his head. He visited Seria several times. Even Seria, who was quick to handle her work at first, ran away due to the constant workload.

“If the empress was there at a time like this…”

Unlike him, Cecilia quickly completed no matter how many tasks were handed to her. However, she is a representative of a mission for exchanges with other continents.

Naturally, the ones left behind are.

“What about Nadia?”

“You said you would cut off the head of the prince who sent marriage talks to Your Majesty.”

“…”

“……”

“…….”

Second Empress Nadia. Normally, he was very lithe, but when he got upset, he used magic to solve it. Because of that, other countries fear her, calling her the Witch of the Midnight Sun…

“Then the only person left is the 3rd Empress Mama?”

“Ha.”

They sighed, thinking about Yuri.

It wasn’t that her work ability was poor, but compared to Her Majesty and other empresses who performed the work of more than 10 people.

“We should work harder.”

“Has new officials been recruited yet?”

“I think we can look forward to the large number of academy graduates coming out soon.”

* * *

“Give me.”

The woman who was tipping the teacup exhaled coldly.

“Yes? What do you mean?”

The boy smiled innocently. When he tilts his head cutely, his purple hair flutters.

“The soul of the emperor you stole. Right?”

“ㅡHmm. Yes, yes, there is.”

When Lilith glared sharply, the boy said, ‘Hehe.’ He rubbed his palms together.

He looked like a subordinate flattering his boss.

“Um… what do you plan on doing about this?”

The boy held out his hand. Above it was a brown sphere wrapped in a candy bag.

“Did you really want to eat it?”

“Hmm. This is my first time seeing such a cloudy and mature soul. What on earth will it taste like…”

The grimoire’s mouth watered after seeing the emperor’s soul.

“ㅡJust like coffee candy, no, it’s rude to coffee.”

Lilith muttered softly and tilted her head.

“…Isn’t this something you don’t need, Lilith?”

Grimoire asked sullenly. He looked like a child who had his hidden candy stolen.

“There is a saying like this.”

She smiled and snapped her finger.

“Dog poop is also sometimes used in medicine.”

“Yes?”

She looked happily at the stupid-looking grimoire and continued speaking.

“In short, I plan to focus the darkness and fraud of the dimension through this soul. Then the cracks in each dimension will become stable.”

“…Is that possible with the human soul?”

“Are you pretending not to know? This soul has lived a life too long to be considered human. And that too in an unfair way. It’s all about the right place.”

Of course, if she did something like that, the target’s soul would feel the pain of being torn into a thousand or ten thousand pieces, but it didn’t matter to her.

“Well…, what’s next?”

The grimoire looked with bright eyes.

‘You’re not going to reincarnate me, are you?’

Lilith read the expression and smiled.

“Do you want to eat?”

“Yes!!”

Grimoire nodded enthusiastically.

“Then, you have to work hard this time too.”

An evil smile appeared on Lilith’s lips.

*

A gap between dimensions.

Kang. Kang. Caen

A metallic sound is heard.

once.

twice.

third time.

Even after passing thousands of times, the sound did not stop.

As if hitting something.

So, if you follow the sound that comes regularly.

An unrealistic scene is revealed.

There was a rugged cave, the depths of a place that could only be described as such, and a temple covered with pure white marble.

And there, a boy with impressive purple hair was swinging a pickaxe.

The floor was smooth enough to reflect the light, but some blocks were missing, giving the impression that it was still under construction, as if the boy had built it all.

“ugh. This is difficult.”

Grimoire pretended to wipe his sweat and grumbled.

How much time has passed?

“All done…!”

In front of him, a pure white foundation was completed.

“After all, it is difficult for gods to manipulate devils!”

Grimoire, he was originally an angel, but fell into a devil after playing a prank.

When I took off the bag of candy, the spirit moved as if it was trying to escape.

“Quaaah!”

When the pickaxe was swung, the soul pierced by the pickaxe was stuck in the foundation and screamed.

“Wow… That must be really painful. That lady, what on earth did you give me?”

It was a scream so desperate that even he, the devil, stuck out his tongue.

“You… You…”

“Oh. Are you even talking?”

Grimoire’s eyes lit up.

“Trick me… Kwaaa!”

The emperor, who came to his senses from the pain that tore his soul, stabbed him with a point. But he couldn’t finish his sentence.

The pickaxe embedded in his chest gave off a dazzling light.

“Tricked? What?”

Crackle, crackle, sparks flew, and his body began to melt like red-hot steel.

He looked like a sinner burning in the fire of hell.

A moment of silence.

The liquid that seemed to have stopped its activity began to stir. As if finding my place.

The color changes. From gray, to a glossy pitch black, to black like a baduk stone.

The shape also gradually changes. The center of the building, as if it were a statue that became the symbol of the temple.

Grimoire, who was watching the scene right in front of him, exhaled admiration.

“It’s a black dragon… Is that that lady’s taste?”

The statue was so magnificent that it seemed as if it could fly up at any moment.

“You, the emperor of humans, did whatever you wanted with humans, right?”

match. Grimoire clapped his hands and continued speaking.

“In short. That’s it. I, the devil, and the gods, the administrators, are free to deal with humans as they please. Of course, as long as it’s a soul that has committed a sin like you, I can treat even the devil as I please!”

Moreover, the grimoire had the right to manipulate the emperor’s soul as he pleased.

Originally, the contract between the devil and humans was never advantageous to humans.

The contract the emperor made was to pay with the intruder’s soul. However, if it becomes impossible to keep him, the priority of the contract passes to the devil.

What to accept is purely at the devil’s discretion.

“You’re not going to hear it anyway?”