episode_0025

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The imperial castle remained quiet until Elizabeth’s confrontation ended.

That would be natural.

Ludmilla is about to go on a mission.

Valtaria’s seven generals were summoned from all over the empire.

Knights under his command were stationed at the imperial palace and at each gate, awaiting orders.

And Jeveline ran to the bathroom after reaching her limit of urination.

The Imperial Castle of the Baltarian Empire, with its overwhelming military power, was like an impregnable fortress. If I had to use an analogy, it would be like a beehive full of angry hornets.

But I couldn’t jump to conclusions.

Because there are always variables and twists.

“Why is your expression so serious?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Elizabeth asked, tilting her head.

Was your expression revealed inadvertently?

I wiped my face and suppressed the emotions that had raised my head.

‘Suddenly my intuition started sending me a warning… ‘I don’t know what that is.’

Would you say it’s a situation where you’ve lost something and are confused about where you left it?

There was a sense of alarm.

A sharp sense of crisis seemed to pierce my brain.

What on earth?

There would be no reason to feel a sense of crisis in the imperial palace, which is no different from an iron fortress.

Could it be that there are even rats hiding in the heavily guarded imperial palace? I even thought about that for a moment, but it was just a simple thought, so I didn’t act rashly.

“We will leave now. Her Majesty Elizabeth.”

Young Americans with earthy faces approached.

These were suitors who were dumped by Princess Elisebeta without even having time to properly express their feelings.

It’s a shame.

The one and only opportunity for sudden success has been lost forever.

If he had become the companion of the emperor’s favorite youngest daughter, he would have had a smooth path to success. Become a margrave with great military power, or become a prime minister who wields omnipotent power.

However, the imperial villainess was by no means an easy opponent. Therefore, none of the suitors were able to persuade the princess’s heart and she was eliminated from the competition.

“Cheer up, good things will happen in the future.”

“I didn’t know I received this much comfort. It’s okay, it’s because I wasn’t good enough.”

I witnessed the unfamiliar sight of Lue having a conversation with an American young man.

The young man was the son of a noble family who had courted Elizabeth.

Are they in a mutual relationship?

no,

That can’t be possible… .

The young man who was the princess’s suitor is not a character in this work. They are just extras whose names are not even mentioned in this work. Of course, there was no way I could have met the saint’s party mascot anywhere.

“I just met you in the hallway!”

“Really?”

It seems that the boy I bumped into in the hallway while carrying a package of snacks was my suitor.

Judging from the way he humbly accepted Lue’s vague consolation, he seemed to be a simple master.

But why?

I could sense reluctance in eyes full of good intentions.

I looked back at the suitors who were defeated in the confrontation scene until they left in a hurry. This is because whenever I sense unfounded reluctance, it always ends badly.

“What’s going on?”

Did he feel suspicious about my reaction?

Lue, who was holding hands, asked.

“I felt bad when I saw young Americans who looked like gisaeng brothers.”

“Jealous Ethan.”

Although he said it was not that big of a deal, he asked Elisabeta to give him a list of suitors. This is because I wanted to find out the cause of the reluctance.

Ok. Chak-.

I quickly flipped through the folders.

The list contained names, family names, and brief details.

I quickly scanned the recorded data and tried to find out about the strange reluctance.

‘Dagilek Brannon. The second son of the Count Brannon family. Red eyes and black eyes. A bright student who graduated from the Department of Theology at Elisti Academy with excellent grades. Has experience winning awards in piano competitions.’

The young American who felt unpleasant and uncomfortable was an extremely talented person.

The word perfect suits me.

A man named Dagilek Branon boasted a special A grade among numerous suitors.

The distinction of having graduated from the theology department of the prestigious Elisti Academy with excellent grades was completely denied as being related to Mine. This was especially true because the Valtarian imperial family would have thoroughly investigated and selected the suitors.

‘If I had graduated from the Department of Theology, I would have been baptized by a priest of the Holy Empire. So that means I’m not a worshiper who supports a xie jiao… . Because cultists can never be baptized by the Earth Mother. Well, there are exceptions.’

It was impossible for a cultist who worshiped a forgotten god to be baptized by a priest of the Earth Mother.

accepted the divinity of the cult.

Therefore, the divinity of the Earth Mother could not be invaded.

If you try to force baptism, a ‘divine collision’ will occur and overload will occur. Therefore, cultists have been searching for ways to somehow disguise the Earth Mother’s baptism.

“Lue!”

“Yes. Why then?”

As I was going through the list and looking at various possibilities,

Lue was sipping cocoa with Elisabetta.

He’s also carefree.

I asked Lue, who had a lot of whipped cream on the corners of her mouth.

“When I bumped into the pretty-looking gisaeng brother… Was there anything suspicious?”

“Eeh… .”

He asked in an urgent voice.

Swish-.

Then Lue’s hair moved violently. And very quickly.

It seemed as if he was trying to think of a fleeting situation while desperately trying to use his poor head.

“He helped me up after I fell. And I handed over the package of snacks I had dropped.”

“And?”

“There was nothing in particular.”

“… … .”

The tension was relieved by Lue’s answer that there was nothing unusual.

The fairy’s answer further supported the pure innocence of the young man named Dagilek Brannon, who had nothing to do with demons and cultists.

Was it just old age?

It seems like you were suspicious of a normal person for no reason.

I sighed as I closed the document. In the end, it was because of the feeling of despair that I couldn’t even control my heart.

“Smelled like Ethan. I guess I don’t wash it often.”

“What?”

and then,

Lue suddenly remembered something and raised his head and said.

“The smell of rotten dirt was bad! Plus, it smelled like rusty metal! I don’t know why I didn’t even apply perfume when I met the pretty princess. I’ve never seen a fool as stupid as Ruinong’s friends.”

“… Bad smell.”

Dagilek Branon smelled bad?

no,

It was an absurd statement.

If there was a bad smell, there was no way Elizaveta, who was sitting across from the table, could not have smelled it.

I also briefly passed by Dagilek, but I could only smell a faint perfume.

Only the fairy Ruinong caught the ‘stink’ that no one else could detect. What does that really mean?

stink.

It is evidence of injustice and a symbol of corruption.

It was also like the punishment of the Earth Mother given to believers who worshiped a forgotten god.

He narrowed his eyes at Lue’s testimony that Dagilek gave off a foul odor.

* * *

The suitors, frustrated with their desire for power to become the emperor’s son-in-law and quickly rise to prominence, expressed their dissatisfaction with Elisabetta, who appeared as stoic as a thorny bush.

He entered the imperial palace with great dignity as a suitor, but withdrew after experiencing only the notoriety of Elizabeth, who was famous for her fierce personality.

What’s so good about breaking off an engagement with a hero? !

Damn it.

In the end, I just turned on a bunch of nonsense.

How can I convey to my family the terrible news that I was humiliated in front of the Platinum Princess? The suitors who left the imperial castle each expressed their disapproval and dispersed.

“… … .”

The same was true for Dagilek, a suitor from the Branon family.

After leaving the castle gate, Dagilek got into the Branon family’s carriage that had been waiting in advance.

“I was skeptical, but it looks like it was okay. I guessed a pessimistic result.”

The red-haired woman who greeted Dagilek in the carriage opened her mouth.

Surprisingly, although she looked like a woman of mysterious spirit, her voice was very deep. It was undoubtedly a voice similar to that of an elderly man.

“Hehe, hehahaha!! Indeed, she is a princess who inherited a noble lineage! It was like welcoming a goddess!”

Dagilek’s face, a handsome young man, was crushed like a piece of rotten meat. The leather covering his face had become mushy, like spilled mud.

No mask in the world can hide malice.

As if to prove it, every time the monster disguised as Dagilek Branon went on a rampage, his once beautiful face fell apart.

“If it is such a vivid pureblood, it would be the perfect vessel to contain our gods. I’m sure God will be pleased too! I was convinced of that after seeing a princess as beautiful as platinum!”

Elisabeta von Valtaria, whom I met across the table, was the Holy Grail of an ideal I had desperately searched for throughout the continent.

A body for the descent of God.

A noble pureblood who will finally complete the ascension of evil.

If you inject extreme pain and fear into your body, it will become even more perfect. The reason he infiltrated the imperial palace by disguising himself as the princess’s suitor was to visually calculate Elizabeth’s suitability.

“… Well, the hard work is worth it.”

How much effort had been put into infiltrating the imperial castle, which was no different from a wolf’s den?

Dagilek Brannon, who had been selected as a suitor, was killed.

His skin was covered.

Next, he controlled Dagilek’s soul and possessed it in his body.

They showed meticulousness in blocking the presence of spirits that passed through the heavily guarded borders and even using protections that temporarily seal the power. He even did his best to avoid being detected by divine power. Thanks to mobilizing so many cult followers, the deception was able to succeed.

“But 4 hours is probably the limit. It’s difficult anymore. If he had delayed even a little bit, he would have been immediately captured by the red dragon of the Empire and the white dragon of the Holy Empire. Then you would have been caught without being able to use any power.”

Even though numerous cult followers were mobilized, only four hours was the limit. Infiltrating an impregnable fortress was a task that even seasoned cult members had to risk their lives.

It was a very dangerous deception.

But the significance was great.

Didn’t Princess Elizabeth confirm that this is the Holy Grail?

After breaking off her engagement to the warrior Maximilian, Elisabeta completely stopped going outside. So, I had no choice but to somehow infiltrate the imperial palace and take on the adventure of contacting the Platinum Princess.

and-.

“Did you plant ‘that’ in the princess’s entourage?”

“Of course.”

A group formed by believers of a cult who fled from the great evil and oppression of the Demon King’s army.

『Leaders』

The purpose of these cruel and ruthless criminals was to make sacrifices to bring down God.

The insidious intention to bring about a miserable end for the villainess Elisabetta slowly began to reveal itself like a creeping poisonous fog.