Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 139

§ 139. Crown of the Holy Emperor (1)

Seongjin had no choice but to ask back.

“… “I said that?”

I have become stronger, so believe me?

When did I?

I wonder if it’s the old bastard Mores?

I was dumbfounded, but Seonghwang nodded.

“It did. And you said there was something to find there.”

What to look for.

There was something in those words that even Seongjin guessed.

No, that’s not what’s important right now anyway.

“When did I say that? “Are you talking about before you got the fever?”

Then Seonghwang closed his mouth and lowered his gaze to the teacup in front of him.

The faint smile on my lips disappears, and the slightly excited air calms down.

“… … .”

Now I’m starting to get to know Seongjin as well.

When Seonghwang is reticent about something, it means that it is related to the future. That means it hasn’t even happened yet, so why do you seem to be dwelling on the past like that?

Could it be that Amelia’s speaking habits, which we see occasionally, also resemble those of Seonghwang?

“… “Okay, did you find what you were looking for?”

Finally, Seonghwang opened his mouth and asked an odd question.

Seongjin gave up listening to any more answers and quietly took out two small accessories from his pocket.

Nebraska’s Summoning Amulet.

And it was a small pendant with a broken jewel that I found in the cavity.

* * *

Right after getting the amulet in the labyrinth.

The following selection window appeared in front of Seongjin.

〚List of spirits that can be summoned as summoned beasts 2/4〛

[One. □□□□ (inactive)〛

[2. □□□ □□ (inactive)〛

〚3. Hayes Martin (active)〛

[4. Red (active)〛

〚Would you like to choose your soul?〛

〚Accept/Reject〛

At the unexpected text, Seongjin stared blankly at the letters, not even thinking about choosing something.

‘Summon a soul?’

If you think of this as a game world, it’s not the type of item that you wouldn’t understand.

No, but wait. Aside from the fact that the demon lord is registered, why is this guy on the list again?

Hayes Martin.

The remnants of the dark church that created the Heresy Tribunal the way it did and died.

[why? What? What is it? huh?]

As Seongjin stares into empty space, the demon king becomes curious and urges him to answer.

‘… Doesn’t this guy see this?’

By the way, the Demon King can be summoned?

I understand the meaning, but I can’t quite predict the result.

‘But I feel a bit uncomfortable testing this directly on the demon lord… … .’

Should we at least summon Hayes first? That’s what I think.

“Ugh… … .”

Seongjin suddenly came to his senses when he heard a soft groan coming from next to him.

Oh, now that I think about it, this is not the time to be like this.

Seongjin roughly stuffed the amulet into his pocket and then walked towards Orden, dragging his legs slightly uncomfortably.

“Hey, are you okay?”

Seongjin asked carefully as he looked at Orden, who was bleeding profusely as he dug an inch deep into the stone wall.

Then, the guy made an openly tearful expression.

“now… “Are you asking because you really look fine?”

“no. sorry.”

Seongjin apologized obediently.

Well, I was hit so hard that it wouldn’t have been surprising if my spine was instantly crushed.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have died instantly. Fortunately, he survived because he was an Auror user close to a senior knight.

Seongjin slowly lifted him up from the stone wall, being careful not to twist his cervical spine.

“… … !”

Then Orden frowned and stopped breathing.

The color on his face is rapidly deteriorating, and when he starts moving his body, the pain suddenly gets worse. It’s almost okay not to scream.

Orden, who had been sweating and groaning as if he had been enduring the pain for a while, finally caught his breath and asked.

“then… “What should I do now, Your Majesty?”

“Yeah, I think if we go in there, we can go back to where we came from.”

Seongjin said, pointing to the five-colored light pillar in the middle of the cavity. Surprisingly, Orden didn’t question those words and just walked along obediently.

He seems to be vaguely thinking that since he was swept here by a butterfly, he might be able to return by riding the light.

‘How is it that the more I look at this child, the more simple he seems?’

So I carefully lifted him up and moved him towards the portal.

Suddenly, something across the street caught Seongjin’s eyes. It’s a new model, leaning against the wall at an angle.

Orden, who felt Seongjin startle, followed his gaze, found it as expected, and opened his mouth.

“Lowering. That’s what I was talking about earlier. “The body of a Royal Guard knight.”

“… … .”

“Would you like to take a look?”

For some reason, I felt like I had to do that.

Seongjin left Orden sitting on the floor and approached the body.

Did you say he was an imperial knight? However, the uniform the corpse was wearing was a little different from the clothes Seongjin knew.

The overall color scheme is similar, and the Knights Templar emblem is clearly engraved.

“This is the conquest of the Royal Guard? “I think it looks different?”

The current uniform of the Knights of the Guard was a long coat divided into three sections. But this is just a short coat with no slits, right?

Then Orden nodded.

“yes. It’s probably 10 years old now. “I heard that it was changed to the current design because many people pointed out that it was uncomfortable while riding.”

If so, that means it is a body that is at least 10 years old.

But considering all that, the level of corruption doesn’t seem that severe, does it? Joint Is it because I’m cool and dry?

‘Or maybe it’s simply because this is a level closer to a game.’

In any case, the body was that of a man with a fairly sturdy physique.

Seeing him dead in the boss room made me wonder if he had been hit by the giant Lycanslope from earlier, but for all that, his sword was neatly stored in its scabbard.

At least this means he didn’t die during the battle.

Overall, it looks pretty decent.

I was wondering why on earth he had died, but when I looked closely, I saw that what looked like a small iron rod was piercing exactly through the center of the corpse’s pelvis.

‘Wait a minute, this… Isn’t it a letter knife?’

An imperial knight was killed by a small sword like this that wasn’t even sharpened properly?

Seongjin was dumbfounded, but no matter how much he looked, there were no other traces on the body.

The only thing unusual is the piece of cloth tightly clutched in the corpse’s right hand.

Somehow I felt nervous, so I pulled it carefully, and found that the sleeve had been torn off somewhere.

Judging by its size, it looked like a small child’s suit, but the ends were finished with delicate embroidery and had quite luxurious buttons.

And then slurp.

The necklace hidden in the sleeve rolled out together. It was a necklace with a small jewel in the shape of a clear water drop.

I thought it was really pretty, shining bright red, but unfortunately, the jewel was completely broken in half.

‘… huh?’

But this gem. Is it because I feel somehow familiar?

[Lee Seong-jin!]

At that time, the Demon King suddenly shouted sharply.

[I think we should hurry! The portal side is a little strange!]

I quickly turned around and, sure enough, the five-colored light pillar was fading and blinking.

[The gate is becoming unstable. Maybe it will close soon!]

‘what?!’

Well, it might be unreasonable to hope that the interdimensional gate would remain open stably for that long.

So, Seongjin suddenly snatched the necklace, supported Orden, and hurriedly jumped into the portal.

* * *

“This is an item obtained by killing the demonic beast that appeared in the labyrinth.”

Seongjin first explained while pushing the Amulet of Nebraska towards Seonghwang.

At first, I was in a daze, and as soon as I touched it, text windows popped up one after another, so I couldn’t look at it properly.

Now that I look at it again, it was a very well-crafted item. This is because it was filled with detailed reliefs carved on a flat metal plate.

There were also small empty holes here and there, which I guess were probably originally attached to something like a jewel.

Seonghwang picked up the amulet and examined it carefully.

‘A text won’t suddenly pop up here, right?’

First of all, the test was completed once.

Strangely enough, when Seongjin took it out again after returning to Delcross, it had become a normal accessory without a text window popping up like in the labyrinth.

Is it because this is the real world, not the normal world? If I had known this would happen, I would have been fooled and tried to summon a Hayes priest.

However, in Seonghwang’s eyes, the amulet seemed to look a little different.

“This is an object that follows the rules of the normal world. “It seems like it requires some special conditions for it to work.”

Oh, as expected, this guy knew about other dimensions.

While such a thought was not new, Seonghwang returned the amulet to Seongjin and continued speaking.

“It’s probably the kind of thing that fundamentally changes the soul. “It is clear that it is valuable, but it would be better to be a little cautious when using it.”

This means you should keep it.

Anyway, I thought it was simply an item that summons the soul, but it ends up causing some fundamental change.

As expected, I was lucky that I didn’t try it with the devil bastard.

“And this… … .”

Seongjin pushed the broken necklace towards him and continued talking.

It was a completely broken and insignificant item, but it was still owned by an imperial knight, so it would be nice to see it.

“This is an item owned by a Royal Guard knight who died in the Labyrinth. “I brought it here by accident.”

“… … .”

Seonghwang did not pick up the necklace this time. He just looked at the cracked jewel with unknown eyes.

As Seongjin was regretting, wondering if he had shown it for no reason, Seonghwang said something unexpected.

“This is your grandmother’s memento.”

… yes?

“It’s something my mom gave me a long time ago. “I always wondered where it disappeared to, but it seems like it ended up there.”

Seongjin’s eyes widened.

what?

Oh, wait a minute? So what about the child’s clothes that were with this pendant?

“Father, then, have you ever been there before…?” … .”

Seongjin reflexively asked a question, but soon had to trail off.

It’s not that it wasn’t, because this guy once again turned his gaze elsewhere and kept his mouth shut!

No, father! Are you really like this?

Feeling frustrated, I took a gulp of tea, and Seonghwang complimented me in a dry tone.

“I heard there was something I needed to find, and I found it in the right place. Good job.”

However, despite saying that, he doesn’t seem to have any intention of touching the necklace.

No, you said it was your mother’s memento?

“So what do we do with this now?”

“You take good care of it. This is not a simple object. “Your grandmother was a very special person, and there must be a reason why this ended up in your hands.”

special.

At that moment, I remembered what Ricardo, or rather Sigurd Sigurdsson, had said.

-The Oracle of the previous generation met a very lonely and miserable end. And this generation’s Oracle was also destined to be like that.

Clearly, he referred to Seonghwang as the oracle of this generation.

That means.

“grandma… “No, was your grandmother an oracle?”

In response to Seongjin’s question, Seonghwang lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before nodding his head.

“okay. There is nothing to hesitate about now. “It was like that.”

The Holy Emperor’s mother, Second Empress Bethsheba, was a woman from the Kornsim clan.

Black hair and gray eyes. A person who passed on to him the characteristics of his clan.

It is said that she was aware that she was an oracle from a very young age. But she was well aware of the weight of her prophecy, and she kept it from her clan until her death.

So the Kornsim clan, without noticing this fact at all, promoted the marriage between her and the Seonghwang family.

Perhaps, if she had known that Empress Bethsheba was an oracle, she would never have leaked the family’s treasures to the outside world like that.

But now I also know the clan.

What she was and who the Oracle is now.

“So you don’t have to hide that fact anymore?”

When Seongjin asks, the corner of Seonghwang’s mouth twitches slightly.

“What can they do if they find out? “Who dares?”

A somewhat cool smile.

Seongjin could easily guess the omitted afterword.

Who would dare to force a prophecy on the current Emperor?

fantasy,