Episode 254
3. Adulthood
“We, the County of Brueckel, wish to become independent as the Kingdom of Brueckel, in accordance with the will of His Excellency the Grand Duke of Saxony!”
“Raemon of Tria, likewise, wishes for the independence of the Kingdom of Tria along with its withdrawal from the Empire!”
“Our Baler is also… … ”
Countless nobles, from famous princes to minor nobles whose names were not even known, began to volunteer for the king’s name.
What on earth is a throne?
Dale’s resolve for independence poured out as if he was afraid of the dissolution of the empire, but Dale’s expression as he looked at them was very indifferent.
“Titania of York.”
Just then, the sorceress of the Blue Tower and the self-proclaimed rider of the Shadow Lord opened her mouth. The commotion that had been echoing around her died down for a moment at her voice.
“May I say a few words to His Excellency the Grand Duke of Saxony?”
“Please speak.”
The Archduke of York, the real power behind the House of York, who is incomparable to the rabble of nobles who vie to claim to be king.
“Why, Your Highness, do you not establish your empire on this land?”
Titania asked. A freezing silence fell at her words. It was true. This man had destroyed the golden empire with his own hands, and on its ruins he had the power to proclaim himself the sole king of a new era.
“If it is your will, no one here will dare to go against your will. Do you intend to just watch as all sorts of idiots, whose names you don’t even know, claim to be king and the continent falls into the crucible of war?”
At that blatant sound, gasps could be heard everywhere.
“I have no interest in a unique nation or throne on earth.”
Dale didn’t answer, but simply remained silent. But the silence didn’t last long.
“At the same time, as Mistress Titania said, I do not wish for this continent to fall into the vortex of war again.”
“Then what are you going to do?”
After a silence, Dale opened his mouth and Titania asked back.
“From this day on, when the Empire is declared to be dissolved, becoming king in this world will have only one meaning.”
The Shadow Lord said.
“He who serves in the lowest place in this world.”
Dale answered, his voice as cold as ever. A freezing silence fell again.
Following the steps of the pitch-black gong, the primordial darkness was swirling.
“I have no intention of becoming the king of kings, but I would gladly become the terror of kings.”
As the strongest player on the continent who overthrew the empire and defeated the Golden Emperor.
“From now on, the position of king will not be as luxurious or honorable as you think. It will be the position of those who must be more honest and upright than anyone else, and who must truly devote themselves to their country and people.”
“That, that word… … ”
For a moment, voices of bewilderment could be heard among the nobles, who did not understand what was being said.
“Aurelia of Britannia.”
Just then, the woman with her hood pulled down in the silence stood up, and a very familiar voice flowed out.
“We, the new Kingdom of Britannia, have resolved to secede from the Empire, and I hereby swear that I will gladly serve the Kingdom from the lowest of positions.”
“Yes, Your Majesty the Queen!”
One of the knights guarding her side gasped in shock, and Dale turned his head towards her.
The Shadow Sword that once guarded Dale’s side, and now the pitch-black maiden who has left her lord’s side and achieved the fruit of her desire for the first time on the island of Britannia.
She was once defeated by the ‘Black Prince’ of Saxony and had her homeland taken away, but at the very end, she finally regained her homeland.
As queen of the new kingdom of Britannia.
“Charlotte of Lancaster.”
One after another, kings rose up, willing to serve in the lowest positions.
“We, the Archduke of Lancaster, hereby declare that we have resolved to secede from the Empire, and at the same time to continue the legacy of our father’s homeland, the Knights of Teutonia.”
Led by the two queens, those who proudly declared their country rose up.
And the Shadow Lord watched their shadows silently, remaining silent.
His work is done. What will be laid upon this continent after that will be left to those who will build anew.
So all the Shadow Lord has to do is just watch them from the darkness.
As the most feared being, watching over kings through the blue web that spreads across the continent.
* * *
Some time later, the castle of the country that now bears the name of the Knights of Lancaster.
Queen Charlotte Lancaster’s bedroom.
Charlotte Lancaster’s country, which she finally obtained after the collapse of the empire.
Queen Charlotte officially continued the Teutonic Knighthood in the name of Lancaster, and steadily consolidated the power of the Knighthood.
Also there was Dale, as Charlotte’s husband and the Archduke of Saxony.
And the two people there were neither a boy nor a girl anymore.
“I remember what happened that day.”
Charlotte smiled quietly, sipping the wine in her hand. It was a very mature and dignified smile.
“That day?”
“When I first saw you at the Saxon duchy.”
Charlotte said happily, and Dale smiled silently.
“I never imagined a day like this would come.”
“It’s just beginning.”
Dale answered.
“One by one, new nations will be built on the ruins, and a new era will open that will not repeat the mistakes of the empire.”
“How much will it change?”
“well.”
Dale trailed off quietly.
“Many things could get better, or worse. Watching that is my last duty as the Shadow Lord.”
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The fear of kings. Although the prestige of the Black Duke is not questioned, the monarchs who proclaim new nations do not yet understand its meaning.
The blue spider web that is everywhere and nowhere, that has eyes that can fathom their ‘truth’ day and night.
“… …Why didn’t you establish your own empire?”
Just then, Charlotte asked back, as countless others had once asked the Shadow Lord.
“Because it’s not worth it.”
Dale answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“I have enough strength to protect what I must protect.”
“What are you trying to protect?”
“Saxony.”
Dale said.
“And Charlotte of Saxony.”
He slowly stretched out his arm and said his lovely wife’s name. Charlotte smiled shyly at those words.
“How many people do you think would be good?”
Charlotte smiled and asked back. Dale tilted his head for a moment, not understanding what she meant, but it didn’t take long for him to figure out what she meant.
“… … two people.”
Dale spoke, uncharacteristically shy.
“Then let’s have a son and a daughter.”
“Can you decide that?”
“How would I know? I just have to keep trying until it happens.”
Dale asked incredulously, and Charlotte sipped her wine and laughed bashfully, her face slightly red.
“… … You’re drunk.”
“Yeah, I’m drunk.”
“Dale said. Charlotte nodded calmly, taking another sip of her wine.
After nodding, Charlotte kissed Dale. Her pale, slender shoulders were flushed, and her body felt extremely hot from the alcohol.
Dale reached out and wrapped his arms around Charlotte’s neck, burying his head in hers.
Four arms were entangled with each other, and two bodies were folded into one.
* * *
Grand Duchy of Saxony.
“I want to become the watchman of kings.”
There Dale spoke, and his father Alan blinked in surprise.
“What are you decorating?”
“It is literally true.”
Dale answered.
“It is my duty to watch and monitor what will be born from the ruins of the empire I destroyed.”
The empire collapses, and new nations spring up on top of it. And those who claim to be the kings of these new nations.
“I have a blue web, and they whisper to me day and night. And I will do what I have to do.”
“Are you saying that you are leaving your country behind?”
“Because my father is in Saxony.”
“… … .”
“As Grand Duke of Saxony, I appoint my father as my representative.”
The black ball smiled bitterly at Dale’s words.
Dale opened his mouth to his father, as the former Duke of Saxony had once done to Dale.
“More than anything, this territory is not mine yet, and it needs my father’s wisdom.”
“You are already doing a great job as the head of the Saxon family. Is there really a need for this?”
“I hope that this continent will never repeat the mistakes of the Third Reich. That is my final mission as Shadow Lord.”
Dale answered. Alan also smiled silently without saying anything else.
“I will always respect your will.”
“Thank you, Father.”
* * *
As he left his father’s room, Lize, now a grown woman, was waiting for Dale.
With her teacher, the elven sorceress Sepia.
“Brother, where are you going now?”
“I’m not going anywhere.”
Lize said, puffing out her cheeks.
“Both my father and my brother say they will teach me the art of divination, but they keep putting it off every day.”
“… … Is there a reason why I must learn necromancy?”
Dale asked reluctantly, and Lize answered as if she couldn’t help it.
“As a member of the House of Saxony, it is impossible for me not to learn black magic.”
“still…….”
“It seems like the frog doesn’t remember when it was a tadpole.”
Sepia burst into laughter as if she was happy to see Dale trying to change Lize’s mind by any means necessary.
Remembering Dale’s insistence on learning black magic as a child.
“… … Aren’t the circumstances different?”
“What’s the difference? They both look the same to me.”
Sepia laughed as if she couldn’t understand.
“And Lize has a talent for necromancy.”
After hearing the words that followed, Dale swallowed his breath quietly.
“no way…….”
“In just a few weeks, we succeeded in reviving a dead creature.”
“Three, Sepia!”
Dale laughed hollowly before continuing. It seems blood is thicker than water.
Lize raised her voice in embarrassment at Sepia’s confession, then lowered her head to look at Dale.
“Yeah, a promise is a promise.”
Seeing that, Dale silently stroked Lize’s head.
“You have to be determined.”
“Yes, brother!”
Following in his father’s footsteps, the continent’s greatest black magician spoke. And at those words, Lize smiled brightly and nodded.
It was a sunny winter day.
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