Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 13

013. The princess returned for revenge (2)

Chief Chamberlain Louis was startled as he entered the office. This is because Seonghwang was lying disheveled on the sofa in his office with his hand on his forehead.

It was a sight rarely seen in the young Emperor.

He smiled knowingly when he saw the chessboard on one side of the table.

“Now that I think about it, today was the day of the audience with the twin princesses and the prince. Did you play chess again?”

Nate sighed.

“It’s getting harder and harder to deal with the two of them. “Can’t we simply play like children?”

“Isn’t it okay to just lose?”

“It’s a problem because if you don’t do your best, they will notice you like a ghost.”

Well, they weren’t exactly intelligent twins. The chamberlain nodded his head.

“Anyway, what’s up with Amelia?”

Lewis knew that Seonghwang had been paying close attention to the situation in the Silver Rose Labyrinth recently.

Two mornings ago, the first princess suddenly had a seizure and called the palace doctor. Although she was reported to have no particular health problems.

“They say he’s eating less and is feeling a little depressed.”

“okay.”

“And I heard that you visited Jinju Palace twice.”

“… “That’s surprising.”

Two children who never seemed like they would become close began to come and go. It is certainly a welcome event, but rather it serves as proof that what happened to Amelia was not a simple change of heart.

Nate sat up from the couch and sighed.

“It would be nice if you could tell us honestly what’s going on during the audience tomorrow.”

At that time, Seonghwang could not even imagine what kind of trouble his lovely daughter would cause him.

* * *

Unintentionally, the direction of an innocent girl’s life changes completely, and thanks to her, her father is about to grab her by the neck and move on.

However, Seongjin, the culprit behind it all, knew nothing and was heading to the training center with a pounding heart. This is because the swordsmanship class with Masain, who has finally completed the handover, has begun.

It was a bit of a pity for the adjutant who had taken on all of the knight commander’s duties. However, being able to have one-on-one lessons with a motivated swordsman all day is an opportunity that would not have been easily obtained if it were not for the prince.

Seongjin was a little impatient as he wanted to quickly experience the unknown power of Auror.

After a couple of laps around the empty gymnasium, where there was no resident trainer, Seongjin finished his warm-up with his usual national gymnastics routine. But Masain, who was watching him move carefully, furrowed his brows.

“Sir, is it okay if we continue the class like this? “Are you feeling unwell in some way?”

“huh? Are you okay? why?”

Now I’ve gained some strength and can move.

Seongjin asked curiously, and Masain asked the question again.

“Are you sure you have fully recovered from your fever?”

“The doctor said it was okay to exercise. “Why, is there something wrong?”

“But why are you going to become an Auror? … .”

Masain looked at Seongjin’s complexion carefully and spoke with a rather serious look on his face.

“Before, I thought it was just because he had just woken up from his sick bed. “Even though you are in good health, I don’t know why your aura activity is still so weak, like that of a sick person.”

Aurors are the fundamental force of life that spreads evenly throughout the world. It is said that even if you are not an Auror user who receives energy from the outside, a certain amount of Auror activity occurs in a normal body.

In some cases, in the case of weak or diseased people, this aura activity becomes weak. However, Mores’ body strangely had extremely low Auror activity, as if he were seriously ill.

“Can you know that? “Aurors aren’t even visible.”

“Of course, it’s not what you see. However, if you get used to feeling the flow of aura, it is possible to sense the movement of aura around you and guess the level of activity inside your body.”

It is said that aurors originally have the tendency to be distributed evenly, like air or water. If you try to collect the aura that has flowed into your body rather than expelling it, the aura moves faster and faster to fill the gap.

So, the more Auras are used and the more energy they have, the more active the Auras will naturally be around the person.

Masain added that it is also a way to indirectly guess another person’s state.

“… Oh, come to think of it!”

Something suddenly occurred to Seongjin. This is what Rep. Ninias said in passing the other day while doing his last regular checkup.

-It seems that the Aura activity in your body is a little weaker than that of ordinary people, so I think your recovery will be faster if you work hard on Aura exercises.

When I told Masain that, he tilted his head.

“Did the congressman say that? “There are not many lawmakers who can truly feel the activity of Aurors, but he seems to have quite a lot of experience.”

“Yeah, Councilor Ninias didn’t seem to be taking it that seriously. “They say I was naturally insensitive to Aurors. Isn’t that why?”

However, Masain seemed very surprised by Seongjin’s next words. He took a breath and immediately looked at Seongjin’s face with round eyes.

what? Is there something strange about me saying that I am insensitive to auras?

As I was seriously considering whether I should break a plate too loudly, Masain opened his mouth with a slightly pale face.

“Your former Majesty… … .”

He moved his lips for a while as if his mouth would not fall, but then he swallowed dry saliva and cleared his throat.

“As far as I know, before you got sick, your auror activity was not much different from that of ordinary people.”

“okay?”

“Yes, sir. So, if it’s not an aftereffect of the fever, what could be the cause?”

For some reason, when I first opened my eyes on Mores’ body, I thought it was unusually heavy. It may not have been simply because of being overweight.

Anyway, I was fine now. There is no problem in moving around.

Seongjin waved his arms, relaxed his shoulders, and spoke indifferently.

“I guess I lost weight suddenly and felt a little weak. “It will be okay soon.”

Masain looked a little uncertain, but quickly nodded.

“Yes, the congressman has a point. It is true that once you start rejuvenation, your auror activity increases, so even if there are any aftereffects of the disease, recovery will be faster.”

Then he began to explain in detail how to meditate. It was the first step toward full-scale Auror training.

* * *

At that time, in Seonghwang’s office, a large bomb manufactured by Seongjin the day before was starting to count down, with Amelia holding it in her hand.

“Hmm… … .”

In the midst of heavy silence, Nate sighed briefly.

Audience time alone with my daughter. This is because my daughter, who could normally talk for hours about the flowers and accessories she received as gifts or the prince from the next country she adores, keeps her mouth shut.

He looked down at Amelia’s fine rosy hair with her head down, and furrowed his eyebrows. Why on earth is that little head full of worries?

Nate decided to untie the knots one by one. First, he tried to change her mood by delivering news that her daughter would like.

“Amelia. “It’s about the Second Prince of Rohan you always talk about.”

After seeing Amelia flinch, he continued speaking.

“He sent me a letter saying he will visit here soon. He was going to eventually become the crown prince in place of his sickly brother. “It seems like he is trying to solidify his position as crown prince by receiving formal instruction.”

Leonard of Lohan.

The pretentious brat that my daughter has been singing about since last year.

Although it was unpleasant to personally deliver the news of that scandalous bastard, it has always been said that parents cannot beat their children. She says she likes her daughter, but what more can he say?

However, the reaction of my daughter, who was expected to be happy, was completely unexpected. Amelia lifted her head, and then she began to let her jewel-like tears fall from her large gray eyes.

“Father, Your Majesty, she doesn’t want to meet Leonard! That cruel person will eventually become the source of evil that will harm me, Mores, and Delcross!”

Nate was momentarily stunned by his daughter’s sudden violent reaction.

And a bomb was dropped on top of it.

“Father, Your Majesty, I… From the dead and back in time!”

It was a thunderstorm.

Afterwards, Amelia’s complaints poured out as if a dam had burst, shaking the office like a storm.

To roughly summarize, Leonard, that damn bastard, lured his beloved daughter away, openly conspired against her, deceived and mistreated her, and soon began to abuse her physically and mentally. As if that wasn’t enough, they imprisoned him in a cold tower for several years and finally murdered him right in front of his eyes.

And the daughter returned to the past from that terrible death?

These were stories that could not easily be believed.

“iced coffee! “Her Majesty was so against it from the beginning, but this foolish daughter of hers ruined everything!”

“… … .”

Now all Nate could do was stare blankly at his daughter who began to sob.

I had a lot to say, but I couldn’t bear to ask any of them easily. This is because Amelia’s voice, pouring out as if she was vomiting, was so desperate.

“The girl had a lot of worries last night. Will I embrace this secret alone? So how far can the future be changed with the power of girls? Even when I came here, I was in constant conflict. one!”

“… … .”

“It is a conspiracy that begins within the royal family of a neighboring country. These are events that will bring about a huge war on the continent. “If I don’t discuss all of this with my father, the greatest monarch on the continent, then who can I ask for cooperation from?”

At least it seemed to be true that she had been worrying all night, as Amelia’s always neat face had dark circles.

“… I know very well that all this is nonsense to your Majesty. But for me, every day was like hell. “I cannot dismiss those vivid memories as a midday nightmare.”

“however… “Did you do it?”

“yes. Your Majesty, father. “It was such a long time before I came back.”

She cried sadly for a moment and then raised her head.

“So the girl will take revenge. I will pursue him to the ends of hell. He wants to crush all her hopes and completely destroy her. She won’t forgive anything that gets in her way!”

“… … .”

“Only with his body will the girl’s hunger be appeased, and with his blood will her thirst be satisfied.”

Huhuhuhuhu.

The daughter, who looked like a bunch of roses, laughed darkly while making scary noises.

Nate blinked in confusion. Had he been wrong about this child all along?

Okay, let’s just say that everything Amelia said is true. Even so, does this delicate child have the temperament to calmly harbor the sword of malice towards others within her?

She is a daughter who did not bear a single grudge against the Margrave, who treated her poorly when she was young. How can a person’s personality change so much in just one day?

As he stared into the venomous eyes of his unfamiliar daughter, Chief Chamberlain Louis, who had been watching from the side, secretly told him.

“I guess hanging out with Prince Mores recently was a bit… … .”

“… … .”

Yes, Mores.

Nate sighed softly.

Since when, in every twist of cause and effect, there has always been that child.

“… “Amelia.”

Seonghwang did not hastily say that he believed in you.

He also did not comfort her, saying it was just her nightmare and not true.

I just asked this.

“It must have been a very long and painful time for you. “Shouldn’t we now be compensated for this?”

“… … .”

“If I do anything, Leonard, he will not become king. You will not go to Rohan, but you will find other happiness in Delcross. “Why are you throwing away all the time you have regained for revenge?”

But Amelia shook her head resolutely.

“I realized that a girl’s happiness can never be separated from revenge. your majesty.”

A bright blue light is burning in the daughter’s once pretty and neat eyes.

Seonghwang realized. This cannot be stopped.

In the end, he had no choice but to ask this in a quiet voice.

“Concrete… “Is there a solution?”

If it is something that cannot be avoided, I have no choice but to give generous advice as a father.

“Shouldn’t you know why he went through such a complicated process to imprison you after he took the throne? In order to guess the power structure at the time, we need to look into the current situation in Rohan… … .”

“I don’t know how it was possible for you to be so completely cut off from Delcross. There are many talented servants of Delcross within Rohan. What I remember about that place called the tower… … .”

“Isn’t it strange why it had to be a temple? If you want to guess why the Allied Forces had to be gathered in the name of a crusade rather than a war against Rohan… … .”

“Daughter, Leonard is not a man with exceptional military strength. Wouldn’t you be out of shape after being cut by a sword so easily? Starting tomorrow, we will start swordsmanship classes… … .”

In this way, the sweet tea time with my daughter turned into an insidious time plotting the destruction of the royal family of a neighboring country.

Louis, who was entering the office after seeing off Princess Amelia safely, stopped in shock. This is because the Emperor was lying face down on his tea table with his hands covering the back of his neck.

To put it bluntly, it was the first time I had seen him in my many years as chief chamberlain.

Seonghwang groaned softly.

“I think it would be better to just play chess for a week day and night… … .”

fantasy,