episode_0508

Lexi approached me hesitantly.

“I lost.”

“So that’s it.”

Jaan glances at me and looks at me.

I gave Lexi some medicine.

And he wiped the blood flowing from his face.

“It was really cool. This is my first time knowing that people can fight like that?”

I hugged Lexi and comforted her.

“So don’t lose again.”

“···Of course.”

The old crown prince, who was over 30 years old, looked down at Hermann’s head, whose blood had drained and his eyes had turned back.

Just for a moment.

“The throne competition will be held whenever you wish.”

“Thank you.”

The crown prince stood up after saying those last words.

It seems they have no intention of damaging Hermann’s body.

But since no one cleaned it up, it was entirely up to Lexi to bury Hermann.

I also helped carry Herman, who had lost his head, by holding him.

However, I end up getting grumpy.

“Isn’t that so mean?”

“What?”

“Pay for your sins with death.”

Wash it with your own life.

What a heartbreaking ending.

“In the old days, it seemed cool for knights to apologize for their sins through death.”

But once I got used to death, it wasn’t that cool.

“But in the end, you just run away.”

That’s why I still cannot allow this man to die.

“At least you thought that was cool in the past?”

Although Lexi laughed and defended Herman. well.

This is not an apology. At least for me.

“I have no intention of allowing this kind of death.”

“It’s the end you decide.”

“I said I would follow the flow, I never said I would die.”

Eventually, Lexi, who was walking ahead, turned around.

“So what do you plan to do?”

I took out my emergency medicine.

Only then did Lexi realize my thoughts and her eyes narrowed.

“···Do you really have to do that?”

“This is giving you a chance.”

“What opportunity?”

“An opportunity to ask for forgiveness once again.”

A person who has been brainwashed becomes free from the brainwashing of hallucinations.

“When Sur was in danger, I turned the world against me. I didn’t know who the enemy was, where to go, nothing. So I caught them all and killed them all.”

“You’re not saying you’re going to do that, right…?”

“I found a way to find out where the hallucinations are based.”

I silently pushed the medicine into Herman’s mouth.

“I assure you that you will be very happy to accept my offer.”

I have no intention of just accepting it.

The sharply cut hair was spliced together.

Hermann soon opened his eyes and looked up at me with blank eyes.

“···I thought I was dead.”

“Do you feel good about running away from death?”

“I ran away?”

“Yes. It’s cowardly.”

Hermann snorted and stood up hurriedly.

“Take revenge and claim your innocence. If you are still not forgiven, then die.”

I handed Hermann his two-handed sword and a gold coin.

He looked at me silently.

“There is nothing more emotional than the inside of your hand.”

“It’s realistic.”

“···Do you know their location?”

“I don’t know. But we’ll figure it out.”

“How?”

Hermann’s sharply sharpened eyes shattered at my answer.

“I will bring the dead person back to life and ask.”

“···What?”

“You just have to stand in front of the crown prince holding up the heads of those who brainwashed you.”

“······.”

“If you are not forgiven even then, apologize by dying. That is the correct order.”

But even for a moment.

A cruel smile appeared on his face.

“Would you like to follow my wishes?”

“Of course.”

“Good. From now on, please head to the guesthouse quietly so that no one catches you.”

“···Thank you.”

Hermann leaves India and heads to the mountains.

After seeing her behind, I leisurely looked at Lexi.

“Look. You accepted it very happily, right?”

“···Don’t you have any emotions?”

“I expressed my emotions through actions.”

I wrapped a cord around the waist of Lexi, who seemed to be pouting, and hugged her.

“For example, hugging someone you love.”

side-!

He kissed me on the cheek.

Lexi, surprised by the unfamiliar sensation, immediately smiled brightly.

The Demon King’s bright smile was truly the best.

“I want to make the world my children will live in a world where everyone is happy.”

Lexi’s arms also wrapped around my waist.

“The tragic end is that they are so angry that they cannot see it.”

Some not so great thoughts.

My actions may be right or wrong.

Actually, I have been wrong countless times.

‘It will be even more wrong in the future.’

However, even though I worry, I do not hesitate.

It has been this way and will continue to be so.

* * * * * * *

next day.

An official letter was distributed absolving Heinrich of his treason.

People say, ‘Why come now?’ It seemed like he accepted it that way.

It was clear that Heinrich was not guilty, so no one complained.

After appointing five notaries and stamping the royal seal on the official document absolving Heinrich of his sins.

The crown prince was staring at me without any expression.

“Do you know that the drug you are reverting is being misused?”

“I know.”

“All kings and nobles dream of eternal life and buy medicine to restore their lives. I take one of those pills every evening and marvel at the servant’s power.”

It was originally Shir’s blood, so it should be reprocessed after proper discussion.

“Vested interests do not retire and continue to accumulate wealth. Wealth does not circulate, so everything is decided the moment you are born.”

The crown prince’s dark eyes turn to me.

“Why did you make the world so chaotic?”

It made the world a mess.

I did that. So what?

“Originally, the medicine to reverse the disease was issued in pairs, one pill per pill, along with the Black Death immunizer.”

At first, I didn’t even think about it.

“Everyone thought it was desperate. More than 10,000 people died every day. In fact, the drug saved hundreds of millions of people.”

I looked at the crown prince.

“But there were people who robbed those desperate people.”

“For each medicine, one person died.”

“I killed all the animals that caught my eye.”

“I swear that I have not forgiven a single thing. So he died.”

I have no regrets.

“What the nobles are taking is neither medicine nor the grace of servants.”

“This is human meat whose original form is unknown due to slaughter.”

“It is the country’s leaders, not me, to regulate that.”

The crown prince seemed quite embarrassed by the question he had asked.

There was silence like that for a while.

“···It was a slip of the tongue.”

The crown prince gives me an envious look.

“I had given up on becoming king the night before.”

“I have always been the son of a young father.”

From the way he spoke, it seemed as if he wanted to become a king.

“Aren’t you really not interested in the throne?”

The crown prince smiled and caught my gaze.

“Rather than that, I was grumpy and refused the throne.”

“I barely gave up on my dream, and then you give me the throne, which was my dream, as a sign of devotion, calling it a bother?”

That’s why they blame me.

So what Anne heard at the restaurant was just sugarcoating.

“I can’t believe you’re grumpy even after coming here. I feel so ugly about myself.”

“Do not take your feelings seriously.”

“But…isn’t there someone who sacrificed his life in front of me to apologize for his mistakes?”

I brought Hermann back to life.

One day, when Hermann came to visit, I had to prepare words that the Crown Prince would understand.

“I killed thousands of people. Also, I have always witnessed death.”

Death is not a big deal.

Although it may be great for those involved, it is not for others.

“A beautiful death in ecstasy.

A noble death to protect something precious.

An ugly death caused by pooping on the wall.

People like us know where we will die.

Hermann is just like me.”

“···Are you saying you found a place to die?”

“He said he would follow the flow. So while you were scared, he quickly ended his life. If I really felt sorry for you and had no choice, I would have repaid you with something more than death.”

Death is everyday life.

The world does not end when I die.

Therefore, people must be able to use even death.

This is especially true for those of us who encounter and think about death all the time.

“Do not be impressed by cowardly death. Wrong thoughts will eat away at your mind.”

“···.”

“We live in reality. I can’t say ideals are bad, but there’s no need to be swayed by other people’s ideals that you can’t understand.”

Because the ideal is just a fantasy, not reality.

* * * * * *

A few days later.

Heinrich appeared in the quarry.

With his apprentices in tow.

“I am Heinrich Schweinsteiger. I came here to regain my throne through legal procedures.”

“Is there anyone who can prove your identity?”

“I will do it.”

“B, Duke of Blackwood?!”

Heinrich’s henchmen and friends proved their identity.

But it is up to the crown prince to accept it.

Rumors quickly spread through the quarry, and no one thought that the crown prince would accept the competition for the throne.

but.

“Nice to meet you. Little father.”

The Crown Prince accepted Henry.

Heinrich looked at the crown prince with wide-open eyes, smiled brightly, hugged him, and patted his back.

“Nice to meet you, nephew.”

Heinrich greeted me warmly but looked at me with suspicion.

Strictly speaking, the right to succession to the throne belonged to the crown prince.

From what I heard, it seems that the competition for the throne will last for a week.

“···Did you take action against your brother? To my nephew too?”

“No. The Crown Prince voluntarily accepted the competition for the throne.”

“Why?”

“He’s similar to Heinrich.”

“···I see. Thank you so much.”

While the battle for the throne begins, no one must disturb the prince.

We also had to quietly stay in our rooms.

Meanwhile, Heinrich smiled and drank.

The king’s iron room has been burning for several days.

The sound of hammering continued day and night, and people unanimously praised the crown prince.

“No matter how much Heinrich, can he defeat the prince?”

“This man, don’t you know who Heinrich is?”

“But that’s right? It’s been 40 years since you left the king’s iron room!”

No one could predict who would win or lose in the battle for the throne.

However, Heinrich just goes around drinking and debauchery with his apprentices.

Every day, I look back on the 40 years that I lost.

As the situation progressed, I began to feel anxious.

“Shouldn’t we make something soon?”

‘What trouble did I go through to lay the board?’

But Heinrich listened to me.

“What do you make when you don’t know how the world works?”

With that said, he stopped by a bar and gathered with his apprentices, who had returned to their daily lives, to toast.

I was out of breath.

‘Was it wrong?’

Okay.

In preparation for this kind of situation, I also prepared the groundwork for the crown prince.

However, I am no longer Dantalian’s agent.

The point is that we are not as self-sacrificing as we used to be.

In the guest room, Anne and Lexi were laughing except for me.

I got grumpy for no reason.

“Siii······.”

“Why?”

I flopped down on the bed and put my face down.

“The battle for the throne ends tomorrow, but Heinrich is still drinking.”

“But?”

“Not really… Sigh.”

Lexi was drawn to me because I was hardworking.

That’s why I didn’t want to be seen like this.

‘Anyway, if you get married, you won’t see everything.’

Let’s find out slowly.

“Didn’t you have any intention of becoming king in the first place?”

“Hermann said so. How did I teach you?”

“Yes?”

“Hermann realized at a glance that you were a monster.”

What do you mean suddenly?

I turned my head and looked at Lexi.

Anne hesitantly approached me, as if she was embarrassed by my grumpy appearance.

“Lee, are you okay──Kwaaa?!”

I pounced on Anne and hugged her.

Anne, who had been struggling to get away from me, soon gave up her resistance and became quiet.

I played with my hand subtly and bit Anne’s ear.

“Huh…?!”

“Why learn swordsmanship?”

“I want to fight.”

“What is the purpose of fighting?”

“To win.”

“To be exact, you learn to kill or subdue your opponent.”

Lexi sips her tea.

“Ugh…!”

“There are thousands of sword techniques, but they ultimately fall into two types. Stabbing and cutting. To somehow stab or cut the opponent.”

“What do you want to say?”

“The bottom line is that if you stab or cut, you can subdue or kill the opponent.”

It was like that.

From the beginning, Hermann responded to my experience, not my skills.

“No matter how poor the perfection of swordsmanship is.”