episode_0044

As soon as he arrived at the imperial palace, he had an audience with the emperor.

Seeing the emperor after such a long time was still very intimidating.

As far as I know, it’s probably an ordinary body that can’t even use magic.

Should we say that it is a sense of presence that comes from the person itself?

I suddenly got the feeling that the level of soul was different.

Realizing once again that the Emperor is not something that just anyone can do, I lightly bowed my head and took a bow.

“Warrior. It seems like I have a lot of idle thoughts.”

“… ”

I clicked my tongue inwardly at the sight of that ghost-like look that had not changed.

Those parts hit people right in the face to the point where they wonder if they could be a little more relaxed.

“Now that I think about it, I wonder when fake heroes will be punished. I keep waiting, but I haven’t heard any news.”

“… ”

The emperor’s words sent a shiver down my spine.

That’s because I completely forgot about it.

It was a fact that I had completely forgotten because so many things had happened.

‘What should I do?’

I racked my brain more than ever with the thought that I had to somehow come up with an excuse.

Nothing really came to mind.

The moment when you break into a cold sweat because you think something big has happened.

“It’s just a joke. It’s stiffer than necessary.”

The emperor’s playful voice was heard.

Just kidding again.

Seriously, if it weren’t for the emperor, I would have hit him in the face.

It was truly a pity.

“You’re about to hit the emperor. Very profane.”

“… Do you even use this ability?”

Otherwise, I was amazed at how he knew so accurately.

However, the emperor actually laughed as if he was shocked by my words.

“What is this ability? It’s all revealed on your face. by the way. Does not denying it mean you really thought that?”

“What business did you say you called me for?”

The emperor clicked his tongue as if he was dumbfounded by the shameless change of topic.

“Tsk. I’ll just skip it this time. To get to the point, the reason I called you was because I had something to ask you.”

“Do you want me to ask you a favor?”

“Yes. Later, when the work is completed, an appropriate reward will be given. Hero, what do you think?”

If someone else had offered it, I would have rejected it.

However, the owner of the empire and the being called the sun gives him a fitting reward.

It was clear that this would not be a typical reward.

But I got a little more greedy here.

“Is it possible to get the compensation I want?”

“Hmm… It’s the reward you want. If what you want is an empire, it is impossible.”

“… Do I look like that kind of person?”

When I said this with a somewhat straight face, the emperor laughed heartily, wondering what was so good about it.

I shouldn’t think like this, but I really wanted to punch him.

“I was just playing around. What do you want anyway?”

“I would like to see records of past warriors. As far as I know, the imperial family has records of past warriors.”

“It is a record of the warriors of the past. I’ve seen something like that in the imperial report. Will that be enough?”

“Enough.”

If I had truly awakened as a warrior, there was a high probability that I would be able to find some clues in the literature containing the records of past warriors.

To me, there is nothing more important than that, so it was more than enough compensation.

“Good. I accept your offer. However, when the matter is resolved properly, we will be able to see the records of past warriors.”

“Of course.”

I also had no intention of solving the problem roughly.

This is because if you receive a favor or task, you should do it clearly.

“The thing I ask you to do is none other than the kingdom of Dillun next door.”

“Are you talking about the Kingdom of Dillun?”

The Kingdom of Dillun is a kingdom right next to the Empire.

It was a kingdom allied with the empire.

“Yes. They say a strange group appears there.”

“Strange group… ”

“From the church’s perspective, it can clearly be called a ‘heresy.’ They are people who reject the will of the Goddess of Light and call themselves false beings”

In this world, the goddess of light is the only god.

However, they do not persecute people for believing in other gods.

However, most people believed that the Goddess of Light was the only true God.

But here, rather than simply worshiping another god, they deny the very existence of the Goddess of Light and call her a false being?

This was no different from a suicide signal asking the church to kill them.

‘And yet you do it like that. ‘There is a part of me that believes in something.’

It could be said to have been a fairly troubling incident.

These guys are usually fanatics with some taste.

However, if left as is, there were no such dangerous ones.

“When would you like to go?”

“I think it would be better to go quickly if possible. Oh, as it involves dealing with heresy before that. Is there anyone you would like to take with you?”

surely.

Since the existence of heretics was virtually the same as demons to the church, it was not a bad idea to take someone with them.

‘But you must have been very busy moving around recently.’

I didn’t want to involve the Paladins in a case that I could solve alone.

After thinking for a moment, I shook my head.

“I will go alone.”

“I respect your choice. I have already sent a letter to the Kingdom of Dillun, so if you come in peace, they will treat you with the utmost hospitality.”

“… How did you know I was going and send you a letter in advance?”

“Of course I believed you would go.”

I was going to ask you on what basis you thought that.

I didn’t say anything.

For some reason, it was because it was expected.

‘At least I’d say it’s a persimmon.’

The emperor has often been like that, so he thought he would do it now.

I couldn’t understand why he trusted his intuition, but what was even funnier was that I didn’t actually reject him based on his intuition.

I feel a bit resentful because I feel like I lost, but I couldn’t help it because there was a lot of reward each time.

anyway.

“Then let’s go first.”

“Please take care of me, warrior.”

“Yes.”

After bowing lightly to the emperor, I walked out of there.

***

The Kingdom of Dillun was a country so close to the empire that it could be considered one country.

Therefore, it did not take that long to go to the Kingdom of Dillun.

Two days at most?

After that much time passed, I set foot in the capital of the Kingdom of Dillun.

Then he went straight to the palace to meet the king.

There were knights spread out in front of the royal palace.

I got off the carriage and stood in front of them.

The knights looked a little wary and asked me.

“Who are you?”

“He is a hero of the church. I came after hearing His Majesty’s orders.”

“I was waiting! Quickly clear the way!”

At the knight’s shout, the knights who had been blocking me immediately turned on their way.

I stepped inside the royal palace.

The interior of the royal palace is lined with extravagant decorations.

Looking at them, I slowly walked inside.

Once we got inside, we could see many people gathered.

There was the king of the Kingdom of Dillun sitting on the throne, and people who appeared to be his subjects were spread out nearby.

‘Is that a prince?’

There were about 7 people who looked very similar to the king.

For someone who appeared to be the king’s child, the succession battle seemed truly troublesome.

‘Everyone’s eyes are scary.’

Except for those who appeared to be the youngest, all of them had a desire to become king in their eyes.

In particular, the gazes directed at me were hot, but it was obvious that it would be annoying, so I ignored them and stood in front of the king.

“Welcome, warrior. Wasn’t the way here difficult?”

“It wasn’t difficult, so you don’t have to worry”

If you take this sensitively, you can take it to mean not to worry about it.

I also meant that to some extent.

But the king didn’t seem to care at all and instead just laughed.

“Then I guess I’ll be a little less worried. First of all, do you know why you came here this time?”

“If what I heard is correct, I heard that heretics are active here.”

“It’s literally a day. Recently, an unknown group has appeared and is denying the goddess. I don’t know if it’s just that. There have been cases where even the people were harmed. That’s why I asked the emperor of the empire if I could call you.”

Is his friendship with the emperor quite strong?

I had never thought about the relationship between those who rule the country, so I just assumed it was something.

“I will also work to punish heretics who threaten the people.”

“It is truly reassuring to hear a hero say that.”

The king said so and then shouted to his subjects.

“Prepare the banquet! Since the great warrior came here personally for us, we should hold a banquet for him.”

‘under… ‘

banquet.

If you look at it from the outside, it could just be said to be a welcome ceremony for my arrival.

Thinking about the people gathered there being nobles and all seeking to enrich their own interests, my head started hurting already.

‘How sticky it will be.’

When I thought about how the emperor once attended a banquet in the empire, I felt like running away right away.

Unfortunately, such an option did not exist.