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120 – Rust appears at the banquet hall!? # One

The church of the Holy Land of Barakhan.

Among the more than 100 rooms, there was one room as shabby as a barn.

Pope Arud Gregory sat at an old desk and read a book by the light of a small candle.

“The Book of Kings of the United Kingdom – Author: Baron Scout.”

It was an up-to-date history book detailing the history of the United Kingdom and its past kings.

Palak-.

Palak-.

Pope Arud Gregory, who was flipping through one or two pages, suddenly noticed that a guest had come to his door.

Gregory spoke through the door.

“People say. The Lord Elohim does not play dice. But they say an exception is made when Uniger children are born.”

Giik-.

The door opened and a guest came into the old barn.

She was a nun, Midnar, wearing simple robes.

Gregory said happily.

“Midnar. It’s been a while.”

“That’s it. Forget the greeting. A letter arrived from your daughter Lucy in the royal capital. It is said that Queen Uniger is currently occupying the royal capital without permission.”

“It was originally theirs, but it is ridiculous to say that they are occupying it without permission.”

Palak-.

Gregory smiled as he flipped through the book.

Seeing that scene, Sister Midnar frowned with a tired, stern old face.

“It’s not the time to laugh. Families such as Julius, Baltasak, and Astrape are sending personal letters to the royal capital one after another. There will be war. The same war as 20 years ago!”

War.

Gregory also laughed at that story.

He closed the book and looked at the old nun in front of him.

‘Midnar. I’m old. She was a beautiful woman, like a flower on the battlefield. Of course, I’m also old when I’m old.’

While Gregory was immersed in such sentiments, Midnar spoke.

“Gregory. Do you remember the day you accepted the child of Pendragon Unizer from the taboo witch Obedo? Your choice ultimately created “Queen.” Do you regret it?”

It was Sister Midnar, whose past, 20 years ago, when she handed over the baby Gregory was born to the nobles, was flashing before her eyes.

Gregory spoke to Midnar as if he were slightly protesting.

“Handing over the princess. Wasn’t that the terms of surrender for the royalist nobles? If we hadn’t listened to their demands then, the kingdom would have been truly miserable.”

“Yes. They are now planning to put the queen on their backs and bring misery to the kingdom. So Gregory. What do you plan to do? There are already signs in Barakhan.”

“If it is a sign?”

“It’s a wave of loyalty to the queen. Uniger has that power. Arud. There’s no way the humans of Uniger don’t know what kind of power they have, right?”

Sze-.

At Sister Midnar’s words, Arud Gregory looked at the book he was reading, “Kings of the United Kingdom – Author: Baron Scout.”

“The people of Uniger are either crazy, geniuses, saints, or murderers. It seems that Queen Ginebit was lucky enough to be born with a high number of dice.”

“Gregory You idiot! Is now the time to joke? That girl is not only recruiting nobles, but also heretics such as psychos and witches! No one knows what will happen the day that guy even joins hands with a monster like Rust!”

Sister Midnar could not hold back and became angry.

However, Gregory just calmly stroked his smooth chin and quenched his appetite.

“Don’t be too angry. Because my plan still has a chance of coming true. I thought it would happen at least 5 years later, but I can’t help it.”

“Your plan? A world without a king─. Are you still seriously thinking about that nonsense you said back then? oh my god-. Arud Gregory. you… .”

Midnar was about to say something but closed his mouth.

“Be careful. I’m going. I don’t want to stay in Barakhan any longer. I won’t come back again in the future.”

Sze-.

Sister Midnar greeted her old friend and left the room.

Suddenly, Giik-.

The room became quiet after she left.

Arud Gregory lay on an uncomfortable bed with a blanket on top of straw. Just when I thought this inconvenience was just right, someone knocked on the door.

Giik-.

Soon the door opened and Roland, a knight in black armor, entered Arud Gregory’s room.

Black Knight Roland lowered his head and said.

“Your Holiness. Good night.”

“Yes. Lord Roland. What’s going on? If you are here to talk about Rehoboam, I have nothing to say. He committed the crime of heresy, so he needs to be punished a little more.”

“… … .”

“I understand that you care for Rehoboam. After all, he’s your sore finger. I still remember what happened back then.”

Gregory recalled something from a long time ago.

This was when a horribly injured man knelt before him, holding in his arms a woman and a child who had suffered burns all over their bodies.

At that time, the man was looking at Gregory with purple eyes filled with bursting veins.

“Roland the Black Lion. That’s what you were called back then.”

The sound of his beastly breathing was still vivid in Gregory’s ears.

In reality, Black Knight Roland was panting heavily beneath his black helmet.

Fuuu, huuu-.

Sereung-.

Black Knight Roland finally pulled out the sword from his belt.

The blade reflecting the light of the candle was already sticky with red blood.

“Roland. Now that I think about it, you were a bit of a crazy person. So is that your choice? Think carefully. I might have to run away for the rest of my life.”

Roland was a quiet man.

Instead of answering, he raised his sword high.

# # #

“… Hehehe!”

Lucy Emma.

After lying face down on the desk for a while, she started to convulse and tremble.

Then he started touching his shoulder or side, like a raccoon picking its fur.

“Miss Lucy. Why is that?”

“… no. I got stabbed! It was burning from my shoulders to my sides, and blood was gushing out like a fountain, turning my eyes bright red! I’m dying! I’m dying… !?”

Lucy lifts her clothes and examines her stomach.

Are you suddenly talking nonsense about getting cut with a knife?

“Miss Lucy. It seems like I had a dream.”

“Hmm… . dream… ? Decorate… !? I see! It’s a dream! I’ve never even been stabbed! The pain of being hit by a knife was so vivid! huh? Is it a precognitive dream? Am I getting hit by a knife?”

Lucy seemed to have not yet come out of her dream, perhaps because she had just woken up.

I said, wrapping a blanket around Lucy’s shoulders.

“Dreams are often just dreams. Miss Lucy. I guess he was tired because it was late. Would you like to lie down and sleep? I will lend you my bed.”

This was my old inn room.

I sent Jeon Seo-gu to the Ivory Tower and called Lucy Emma to my room.

Lucy brought her hands full of the ‘books’ I asked for, and the story before was that she dozed off while we were reading these books together.

“Kings keep getting assassinated! Get murdered or die in war! Since I was reading a book like this, I guess my dream was also auspicious! Hehe-. I made a really weird noise. I’m embarrassed… !”

Palak-.

Lucy picks up the book on the table again.

「The Book of Kings of the United Kingdom – Author: Baron Scout」

Even at first glance, it seemed like a book with boring content.

Lucy turned the pages of the books with drowsy eyes.

I asked, looking at Lucy yawning.

“Did you find out anything?”

“Yes… ! Here, it is said that people of the Uniger royal family could not use aurors, magic, or divine powers, but because they were chosen as kings, they often had special powers!”

special power.

That story reminded me of the books I read all day today.

“It is the power of the king.”

King’s power.

It seemed to be a unique ‘miracle’ often seen by those born with the blood of the Uniger royal family.

The effect is different for each.

“Look here. It is said that King Ahaziah of Unizer had the ability to see through people’s lies when he held his breath! That’s why he was called the King of Truth. Awesome!”

As Lucy said, in the history of the United Kingdom, there was a king who could see through lies.

Also, he is not only the king who can detect lies, but also the “King of Smiles” who makes people laugh with his singing voice.

There was also the “King of the Pillar of Salt” who could stop the movement of people around him by clapping his hands.

Uniger royal family.

It is said that they ruled the united kingdom based on these powers.

I said.

“ However, it is said that the number of kings born with “power” decreased as the generations passed, perhaps because the blood became thinner. In fact, the last king, Pendragon Unizer, was a powerless king.”

If there really was such a miraculous power, the throne would not have been taken away by Arud Gregory.

However, it was not strange to say that Ginevit Uniger, the “Queen” who appeared like a comet this time, possessed one of these ‘powers’.

In fact, the queen made the army of Julius Caesar surrender by herself.

widely-.

I closed the book I was reading and said to Lucy.

“Miss Lucy. What do you think about this thing called royal power?”

“It’s a truly amazing ability? More magical than magic! If I had this kind of power, life would be a lot more fun!”

It’s more magical than magic.

It was indeed an excellent evaluation, befitting the vocabulary of an ivory tower student.

But my thoughts were a little different.

“It is not a completely flawless ability. I feel like I need to be restricted from clapping, holding my breath, singing, etc. This means that there is a condition for the activation of the ability.”

effect.

Target range, etc.

There must be limits to this ‘power’.

I suddenly thought of Psyche and Milione who went to meet the queen.

They need to have a good conversation with the queen and get information out of it.

Of course, there was also the question of what if Milione and Psyche fall victim to the queen’s power and end up like Julius? But I didn’t think that would happen to them.

It’s my guess, but there are ‘limits’ to the queen’s abilities.

If my hypothesis is correct, Milione and Psyche were probably safe.

It was then.

Lucy said.

“Hyde. Hyde wants to meet the queen?”

“Me?”

“Yes! Maybe I can give Hyde a chance to meet the Queen! If you look here, a magic contest to select a court wizard will soon be held in the Ivory Tower… .”

Palak-.

Lucy shyly took out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket.

It said, “You, too, can become a court wizard.”

“They say that if you participate and win here, you will become a court wizard and have the opportunity to meet the queen! They say one wish will be granted!”