episode_0050

“See the sun of the empire.”

“”See the sun of the empire.””

The northern giants arrived in front of Emperor Sunrise. When Breed Frost bowed politely, not only Ariel but also the Frost brothers and their wife bowed their heads politely.

“Raise your head. Giants of the North.”

Hearing the solemn and charismatic deep voice, the giants raise their heads and look up at the torch that illuminates the empire.

Golden hair that sparkles like the bright sunlight, mysterious golden eyes that seem to pierce everything. Just looking at this figure, which gives a sense of age but also shows a hint of strength, will automatically make you kneel in awe.

The current emperor of the Sunrise Empire. Kaiser Sunrise. He is considered the wisest king of all time, and at the same time the most incomprehensible emperor.

“Escort knights and servants. Let’s all go out and have a look.”

“…Yes? But…”

I will honor your orders “. Come on, let’s go.”

“”I will honor your name.””

When the emperor told everyone to leave except for the members of the Frost family, the foolish new guard knight raised questions, but the knight commander led the new guard out of the room.

The maids and servants had already quickly bowed their heads to their master’s command and left the room.

After a while. The only people left in the magnificent and beautiful room were the emperor sitting on the throne and the members of the Frost family.

“…Ha. I can’t do this anymore. You too, sit comfortably.”

As the viewers disappeared, the solemn appearance of the emperor became saggy, like that of a tired office worker.

The sight of the leader leading the empire was so shocking that ordinary people would fall backwards, but the Frost family members each took a seat on a chair at the large table as if they were used to it.

“Kaiser. Is there still that much work these days?”

“Ha…don’t even say that. Breed. If this continues, I’ll be the first to leave due to overwork…”

The Grand Duke of the North speaks informally to the emperor as if he were talking to a close friend. If anyone saw this, they would have convulsed and called it treason, but the emperor responded as if nothing had happened.

In fact, Breed Frost and Kaiser Sunrise are Academy classmates. They were able to become closer to each other because they were in a position that no one could touch.

It is said that this fact was known to no one except alumni of the Academy at the time and a very small number of people.

“Hmm. Are there more people coming?”

“Please wait a moment. Everyone would have arrived by this time.”

At the Emperor’s words to wait a little while, the Frost family quietly poured and savored the tea placed on the table.

Then, not long after, the tightly closed door opened. Some people started to come in.

“See the sun of the empire.”

A middle-aged man with brown ponytails and glasses and Ariel’s friend, Fria. And then Cale Sunrise entered the room.

As soon as they saw the emperor, they also greeted him with courtesy, but the emperor shook his head.

“We’re alone, so let’s put manners aside. Isn’t that right, Ride?”

“Haha… Then what.”

Ride. Even though we can infer that he is a commoner just because he has no last name and only his first name remains, this is why he can be in this great position.

Gold rush. This is because he is an intelligence merchant who is considered the best in the entire empire, and the general manager and founder of a trading family.

Additionally, Ryde is also in the same Academy class as Breed Frost and Kaiser Sunrise.

The old classmates looked at each other’s faces for the first time in a long time, smiled slightly, and said hello. If you are a true friend, there is no need for long words.

In this way, the pillars that supported and led the empire came together in one place.

“….I couldn’t believe it…”

“Why are you frowning like that? I met my friends!”

“Hmm. Why are you doing that? I don’t know why you always tickle like this.”

“…Ha. That’s it.”

Ariel, Fria, and Kale, who are said to be the prettiest flowers in the current academy, faced each other. As Fria said, Ariel seemed to reject them, but she did not truly reject them.

The sight of the three of them being close seemed to remind them of their youth that would never return, so the pillars leading the empire looked at them with faint smiles.

Afterwards, leaving behind the girls chatting in the distance, Kaiser Sunrise spoke to his close friends.

“Okay… I think everyone is here now. I guess everyone is doing well?”

“I’m the same as usual, well.”

“Breed. You… you must be happy that Ariel is back.”

“Okay. I couldn’t be happier. Really… I’m so glad.”

“That’s right. I heard that I prayed every day too… I don’t know how fortunate I am for this.”

They are already a family with different blood. A friendship that lasted for decades was enough to connect them as a second family.

That’s why they felt pain when Ariel went missing, as if it were their own daughter, and did their best to help.

I’m sure Ariel is truly grateful and relieved that she came back alive. They can already tell what each other is thinking just by looking at their facial expressions.

“….Okay. It’s the work of warlocks.”

“That’s right. Those rotten bastards… tried to take away my most precious treasure.”

“Those bug-like guys won’t go away. We need to clear it out as soon as possible.”

They gritted their teeth, recalling the warlock who threatened Ariel’s life. No matter how many requests were made to exterminate warlocks, or even if information to find the weaknesses of warlocks was provided free of charge, the bugs did not disappear and instead their population only increased.

“I… will kill all the warlocks in the empire. Even if it means using everything I have.”

“Hmm… But you know very well that even finding warlocks isn’t easy, Breed.”

“……That.”

As the emperor astutely pointed out, warlocks have a completely different composition from the existing magic power system, and therefore, unlike magic power, reverberation is not perceptible.

That’s probably why warlocks are running rampant and their numbers are increasing. Breed, who had no other choice, remained silent.

“Haha. That’s why I came here. Everyone, check this out.”

Hatred and anger toward the warlocks remained, but Kaiser and Breed were silent as they remembered that eradicating them was close to impossible.

Ride took something out of his bag and smiled. Kaiser and Breed’s eyes focused on the object that Ride had taken out.

“Ta-da. Do you know what this is? That’s right… it’s an artifact that can determine the presence or absence of dark magic!”

“….What? Is that possible, Ryde?”

“Hehe… I see you brought another interesting item. Let me say it once.”

Hmm. After clearing his throat for a moment, Ride began to explain.

“Who am I again? You’re in charge of the gold rush. That means you can hear news from all over the empire.”

“….so.”

“I heard news that a workshop owner made this in the southern part of the continent. An artifact that lets you know if you have dark magic just by holding it!”

“Is that… really possible?”

Kaiser and Breed asked Ryde back with surprised eyes. If what he said was true, it would have been possible to find and kill all the dark magicians who were hiding while pretending to be good citizens.

Since the biggest reason for not being able to eradicate the warlocks could be solved, the Empire is truly an amazing artifact.

But… it was created by just one workshop owner?

“You know that there is a mercenary group under me, right? When they used this on the captured warlock, it turned out that he really had dark magic!”

“Huh… this is… I knew that technology was developing rapidly. I never thought it would be like this.”

“We have already become old people left behind by the world.”

They all laughed at the emperor’s joke. In this place, you can let go of the weight of your status and feel the small happiness of meeting really close friends.

“….Okay. What is the name of that workshop?”

“What was it…. Ah. It was a spin workshop. I heard they are growing tremendously these days, so I am planning to sign a contract with them.”

“I guess I should at least send a thank you note later. If I had this artifact… I could kill all the bugs by stepping on them.”

Gooo-

Breed Frost, who had been laughing for a while, soon calmed down and expressed his anger towards the warlock, and a feeling of weight was formed as if the entire imperial family was sinking.

Ariel, Kaiser, and Ride, who were talking about the weight, fell silent and looked at Breed.

That’s because Breed’s hatred and anger toward the warlock was indescribably great.

Although he has become a friendly figure in front of his friends, Breed Frost is the one who protects the most dangerous northern part of the empire.

Just staying in place for decades in a place where all kinds of monsters appear will prove his power.

In fact, there is a theory that in the North, if a child does not stop crying, the Grand Duke of the North will arrest him.

anyway. What relieved the depressed atmosphere were Ride’s words that revealed his good-natured personality.

“…Hey, Breed! What are you doing so scary! If this continues, the old guys will lose their minds!”

“Breed. Please find my liver. Even if I look for where he ran away, I can’t find him.”

“….I’m sorry. For a moment… I couldn’t hold back my emotions.”

Breed lost his momentum after hearing his friends’ words, but Kaiser and Ryde also understood his feelings, so they just joked and tried to get over the situation.

“From what I heard, the growth of the Scar mercenary group is unusual these days. It looks like the Scar mercenary group from the past has been resurrected.”

“Hmm… You mean the place Serion led? I think I heard that too. You said you defeated a 5-star monster, right?”

“Okay. I personally nominated him and made a request, and I ended up catching the dragon. Can you believe this?”

“Dragon…? That’s impossible even for me.”

They talked about the world situation and also talked about useless things.

“Oh, indeed! And there’s this too. This is a mixture of black magic detection with the existing barrier magic artifact…”

While the adults were having a conversation, a conversation was taking place between friends at one side of the table.

“So, Ariel. Are you really planning on handing your younger brother over to me?”

“What are you talking about? My younger brother is mine.”

“……Shut up. Stop playing around. Because it’s not fun.”

Ariel was still suffering from her friends’ pranks, and she engraved in herself the patience to endure.

“Hmm… this is no joke.”

“….Why do you think it’s a joke?”

“……What?!”

In the end, the incident came to an end with Kaiser Sunrise sweating profusely to stop Ariel, who couldn’t stand it anymore, and chased after Kale and Pria who were running away with a lot of magic power.