Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 279

279. Yellow Zone (3)

Owen Klein.

The first prince of the Holy Empire and a young hero who saved the declining southern front from crisis.

However, despite his great expertise, he was not as well known to the world as Logan.

One day, Seongjin asked Dasha about it. When I thought that they could actually be family, I started to worry about him.

The first prince of the empire does not even show his nose in the imperial palace even though it is his birthday. What on earth is that guy doing?

“… criminal?”

“It is not a certain fact. “It’s just that there are suspicions, so everyone is reticent to talk about the 1st Prince.”

Dasha told the story to Seongjin with a slightly embarrassed expression.

Since the time of his accession to the throne, he has already had five children, and has earned the dishonorable title of an unprecedented libertine.

When he came to visit Princess Amelia in Sigismund Territory, the gossip among the public grew even louder.

-How many illegitimate children does His Majesty have? If this continues, what will happen to the succession rights to the throne in the future?

However, things were different when Prince Owen entered the imperial palace. This is because the circumstances were very clear that he was not Seonghwang’s biological son.

When Owen’s mother had him, Seonghwang was in the midst of hunting down pirates with a mercenary group near Cyprus. No matter how much I researched his movements, nothing seemed to match his movements.

Above all, unlike the other princes and princesses, Owen’s face did not resemble Seonghwang in the slightest.

“But you became the first prince?”

“Actually, there are some absurd interests involved.”

To explain this, first, we cannot help but mention the ‘sudden son’ incident that occurred in the imperial palace several years ago.

One day, many years ago.

There was an incident when Ambassador Guerti of Rohan came to the imperial palace in a spirited manner, accompanied by Cardinal Gistier, who was on a mission to Rohan at the time.

Nominally, it was to expose Cardinal Gistier’s incompetence, but inwardly, it was to humiliate the empire, which dispatched cardinals to each country to interfere in every single matter.

-Now, look at this criminal! This guy is the arsonist who started the big fire in Rohan. He was about to be stoned by angry citizens there. This old cardinal took it away at will, using the power of the empire!

The ragged boy that Guerti had dragged in was completely exhausted from the hardships he had endured.

While everyone in the throne room frowned at the sight, the elderly Cardinal Gistier stepped in front of everyone.

He pointed to the bright red necklace hanging around the boy’s neck.

-But no matter how you look at it, this boy has items that are similar to the Empress Dowager’s mementos. If we do not properly investigate this first before punishment… … .

-similar? Not a keepsake, but similar to a keepsake? Do you think that is a reason to interfere with the legitimate enforcement of laws in other countries?

-No, look… … .

Before the Cardinal could say anything more, Guerti was already shouting to everyone in the audience room.

-Now, do you understand how stupid that old man is? Not knowing the laws of Rohan, that senile man finds fault with everything! Why on earth did you send someone like this to Rohan!

-But the boy hasn’t even been tried yet. He said that to execute someone based solely on the charges… … .

Cardinal Gistier protested in an uncertain voice, but was soon drowned out by Ambassador Guerti’s proud shouts.

-So you don’t know anything! A mere commoner burned down a nobleman’s estate! This is not a criminal caught at the scene! According to the laws of Rohan, this is undoubtedly a capital crime! It’s a mortal sin that you can’t even enter the courtroom unless you’re a member of the imperial family or royal family!

But then, something unexpected happened.

Seonghwang, who was quietly watching the commotion in the throne room with a strange glow in his eyes, said this as soon as Ambassador Guerti finished speaking.

-okay. The royal family is right. That boy is my son.

-!?

… What on earth did you hear just now?

Everyone in the throne room could not believe their ears. The same was true for Owen, the person involved.

-I… son?

However, the Holy Emperor stood up from his throne, approached them, and continued speaking without hesitation.

-Bringing back my lost child here is the Lord’s care to ensure that Cardinal Gistier’s sharpness does not fade. Isn’t it a waste of ability to step down from the front line due to his age?

-… … !?!?

-Why are you so surprised? Didn’t Cardinal Gistier also say that earlier? What that child has is definitely a memento of Mama Mama. Now, come over here, Owen. Did you encounter any inconveniences while coming to the imperial palace?

Seonghwang had no hesitation in calling the name of the boy he saw for the first time as if he was someone he saw every day.

As a waterfall of divine power poured down on the shabby boy, everyone slowly froze in shock as they realized the seriousness of what had just happened.

No, what are you talking about?

Are you sure it’s your son?

your majesty? your majesty! Please say something!

-Oh, and Ambassador Guerti.

While everyone was shouting in panic, the Holy Emperor left the following words for the last time and quietly disappeared, intercepting the boy.

-Now that we have to hold a formal trial, it would be better to reinvestigate Rohan’s arson case from the beginning.

-… … !

Ambassador Guerti, who had come to protest, suddenly became someone who had insulted the royal family and left the imperial capital in a hurry.

The subsequent trial held in Rohan went smoothly. The testimony of several witnesses was quickly secured, and Owen’s innocence was quickly proven.

Of course, some people showed suspicion that the incident was covered up by creating fake witnesses.

It has to be that way. How could someone so great dare to accuse someone of arson when the emperor of the empire declared that he was his son?

Anyway, everything happened so haphazardly.

The orphan boy brought from Rohan suddenly surpassed Logan and became the first prince of the Holy Imperial Family without even knowing why. At the same time, he received all kinds of generous treatment in the Cheongjang Labyrinth.

“… So, Owen is his father’s biological son?”

“It’s a matter of caution to talk about, but I guess that’s not the case.”

Dasha slowly shook her head.

After that incident, requests poured in from all royal and noble families on the continent to investigate the boy’s identity.

And informants were able to identify the boy’s biological parents relatively easily. It turned out that Owen’s parents were a very famous hunter couple in the western mountain range.

-The only son in the family is tall and handsome, just like my father. Ugh. What is a great fire? If he had grown up like that, he would have learned from his parents and become the best hunter on the continent.

-Both the couple had good personalities. The son of the house was also very nice. So when they heard the news of arson, everyone said there was no way she could have done that.

Everyone in his hometown had this recollection of Owen. There was no way that such a boy could really be a child of prosperous kings.

“Then why?”

How can Owen, who is clearly not a member of the Holy Imperial Family, become the first prince?

“Because that is what His Majesty the Holy Emperor publicly declared.”

A fact that everyone doubts. Nevertheless, this is why no nobles or high-ranking priests can raise an objection to this.

This is because simply denying the words of God’s representative is considered disrespect toward the Lord.

So Owen ended up staying in the Blue Rose Labyrinth for a while.

Like other children, he was provided with ample educational opportunities, but no one in particular forced him to follow the duties or etiquette of a prince.

Although he is a prince in name, I wonder if that would be okay. It may be possible if Seongjin is a prosperous emperor who has almost left Seongjin to roam around Jinju Palace.

“And it is said that he had a close relationship with ‘almost’ all the princes and princesses.”

Although Dasha did not mention it in detail, Seongjin was able to recognize it right away. Perhaps Mores was in the category that falls outside of that ‘almost’ category.

Anyway, despite all the suspicion that followed him, Owen lived a dreamy life in the imperial palace for a while.

He often hung out with Amelia and Logan, and had regular audiences with the other princes and princesses.

In particular, he said he was very fond of little Sisley, who followed him around saying, “Brother, brother.”

It seemed like peaceful days would continue for a while.

Until one afternoon, during an audience, Owen said these words to the Emperor.

-father. These days, I see strange letters in the air.

-… … ?

-At first I thought I was crazy. But now I can be sure. Those are precious letters that encourage and awaken me from my laziness.

Seonghwang furrowed his brows secretly.

What does this mean all of a sudden? I thought it was being properly regulated, but were there still people secretly putting pressure on this child?

However, Owen’s face was serious as he looked directly into Seonghwang’s gaze.

-Father, Soja is trying to become stronger with the power of this status window. So, unfortunately, I will have to leave my father and brothers and sisters for a while.

-Wait a minute, you’re leaving? Owen. What on earth is that… … .

-Otherwise, you may not be able to handle what is coming. So please trust Soja and wait.

-… … !?

By that time, the boy had become quite unsophisticated in his words and actions, and he ran away from home, leaving behind those kind words.

Following the Knights of St. Grazier, who had just formed the third missionary group at the time, they went to the southernmost tip of the continent.

And after that, Owen did not return to the Imperial Capital for several years.

* * *

Pow! Pow!

sparkle! sparkle!

The whole place was a gorgeous paradise. The stardust gathered together to create a mysterious cluster of five-colored lights, as if a fairy would pop out at any moment.

The problem is that instead of a fairy, there is a crazy fox with an ax in it.

Bah!

Owen kicked the long spear swinging over his head, and it bounced exquisitely, cutting into the jaw of the badger running from a blind spot.

“Mukek?!”

The badger let out a strange scream and covered its jaw, as if it had chewed its tongue due to the impact on its jaw.

But his ordeal did not end here. This is because Owen lunged at him, kicked his head, and rose into the air.

“Ugh… … !”

While the badger falls to the ground, scattering stardust, Owen, who uses the recoil to jump up, twists his body around and kicks the head of the squirrel next to him. It was a very exciting kick.

Flutter!

Five-colored stars bounce up, and the already seriously injured squirrel becomes a ray of light and disappears.

“Ugh! Me, I… It hasn’t been long since the death penalty ended… … !”

A small cat next to me was crying and brandishing a great sword, but-

Cheaeng!

Owen hit the ax blade on top of it and pulled it slightly, immediately losing its aim and stumbling forward.

“Magic Arrow!”

“Now, wait!”

And the magic that flew in during that gap hit him instead of Owen.

Puff poop!

Penetrated by numerous magic attacks in succession, the cat turns into light and melts into thin air.

‘It’s pretty good… … .’

At first, I was a little nervous when I saw the fox running fearlessly towards Dasu.

However, Owen was a more seasoned warrior than expected. As evidence, the number of animals is steadily decreasing.

Thanks to this, Seongjin was now able to look at the scene with peace of mind.

‘I’m used to fighting. But nowhere in those movements is there any trace of the standard swordsmanship of the Imperial Knights or the Banajas technique.’

Very free and colorful movements, different from those of the knights of the ecliptic.

Fluffy!

As Owen quickly turns around, kicking the armor of the guy running from the side, the bright red pendant hidden under his clothes whizzes out.

Seongjin did not miss that split second and caught the milestone.

“… … .”

As I guessed, it was my grandmother’s milestone.

Seongjin didn’t know how many of those milestones there were and who owned them.

But at least, there is probably not only one Delcross ‘Owen’ in the world who holds the precious milestone of the Oracle.

‘As expected, it seems like our Owen is the right one. This bastard didn’t come home and did something somewhere, so he was playing games in a place like this!’

Seongjin also had some thoughts about Owen running away from home.

If he knew that he was not the Holy Emperor’s biological son, I wonder if he would have felt great pressure from the suddenly created title of First Prince of the Holy Empire.

Of course, looking at his cheerful attitude about everything now, it doesn’t seem like he’s the type of person to dig into the ground like that.

-The fact that you are here now means that you also have an important goal.

There was a clue as to the reason for running away from home. Didn’t he say it himself earlier? He said that he had a goal that he had to achieve somehow.

-Even though he has a bit of a bad personality, Sang Sang-chang is someone who helps users make the optimal choice.

And I also talked about the status window.

Seongjin was obviously worried about [Sang Sang-chang] whom Owen had mentioned. It certainly doesn’t seem to mean simple texts from the normal world.

Also, your grandmother’s milestones are the source?

“Wow! As expected, our guild’s power is not enough!”

At that time, a rabbit that had fallen to the ground glared at Owen and shouted desperately.

Seeing as he spits out five-colored stardust every time he utters a word, it appears that the injury he is currently suffering is not that minor.

At that time, the guy suddenly said with a solemn look on his face.

“I can’t do it. “Let’s do what we’ve all been preparing for!”

“what? But then we also have a death penalty… … .”

“Is that a problem now? “If we keep going like this, we’re all going to get hit by that guy!”

Seongjin looked closely at what they were doing. From what I heard, it looks like they’ve prepared some kind of last resort. What on earth are you trying to do?

“When you give the signal, they all activate at the same time!”

But when they all started searching inside my arms, I quickly changed my mind. I don’t know what it is, but I had a feeling that the last resort would act quite quickly.

Wouldn’t it be a bit difficult to watch out of curiosity and then feel helpless?

Weeeeing-

That was when the rabbit found something in its arms and started manipulating it.

Sigh! Paang!

Suddenly, a bright cluster of stars appeared in front of his eyes, accompanied by a small sound.

“what… … .”

That was the end.

The rabbit could no longer speak and just turned into light and disappeared.

“… … !”

The remaining guys were shocked.

A cute goat suddenly toddled over and stabbed a guild member in the back of the neck with a beginner’s dagger.

“omg! be careful! “That’s no ordinary sheep!”

“Hey, the sheep killed the man…” “Wow!”

But the warning did not continue. This is because his cervical spine was trampled by a baby goat.

It was one of the neat assassination methods I learned from Dasha.

Bye.

I thought there were cute petal-shaped footprints on the back of its neck, but then they disappeared in a bright light.

“you… … .”

Owen, surprised by the sudden situation, opened his eyes wide and looked at Seongjin.

Kwasik!

At that time, Seongjin, who was crushing the last remaining cervical vertebra, looked back at him and asked curiously.

“why? “If we do something wrong, we’ll die?”

So, I have to kill him before he dies.

“What are you… … .”

noisy.

Let’s clear this place as quickly as possible and have a serious conversation with me. You runaway teenager.

fantasy,