Episode 488
As I concentrate on the documents in front of me, the bright morning sunlight comes in through the window.
“…Is it already morning?”
I was so focused on work that I didn’t even notice that the day was bright.
I shouldn’t show any signs of fatigue on my face, just for today.
I couldn’t sleep a wink all night, so it’s a real shame.
“Princess Klana, it’s time to get ready.”
“okay.”
I thought about lying down on the bed and closing my eyes for a while, but a young maid came in and urged me.
Thanks to this, I had no choice but to give up on my plan to get some sleep.
In fact, normally I would have been able to make excuses and get at least a little sleep, but today I couldn’t.
Because today is the day that I, Klarna, will be crowned as the emperor of this empire.
I don’t even want to imagine the emperor being late to the coronation ceremony when the whole world would be watching.
– Grumble…
“oh.”
So, as I was rubbing my sleepy eyes and sorting out the papers that were scattered on my desk, fresh blood suddenly started dripping onto the pure white paper.
It looks like I overexerted myself and my nosebleed broke out.
“Gwae, are you okay!?!?”
As I was holding my nose and holding my nose with a dazed expression, the maid came running towards me, scared.
“It’s okay. You don’t have to be that surprised.”
“B-But…! Blood, blood!”
“It’s not a cut or a stab, it’s just a nosebleed.”
“I’ll call a doctor right away…!”
“No, it’s really okay.”
The maid shaking and trying to run out of the room is really cute, but to me, who is used to nosebleeds, this is nothing.
When I was young, I only slept for two hours a day while studying and training for combat, so there were times when I would get nosebleeds twice a day.
“Just get me some styptic medicine.”
“Is that really okay…?”
“Yes, anyway, if the doctor comes, he will prescribe it.”
“Well, then I’ll bring you the best hemostatic agent!”
Anyway, when I said that with a familiar expression, the maid answered by bending her waist 90 degrees and then quickly rushed out of the room.
He is a man who succeeded in maintaining his position even though many of the imperial family’s maids and ladies-in-waiting were separated.
I heard that he came from Frey’s mansion, so maybe that’s why he has such high survival skills.
“Hmm, then… you should get up from your seat now…”
I was holding my nose with one hand and sorting out documents with the other, but when the documents were roughly organized, I stiffened and tried to get up from my seat.
– Crack…!
“Ugh.”
As a side effect of suddenly having my back pinched, I ended up falling down helplessly on my desk.
“…as expected, I’m sleepy.”
And not even a few seconds after I fell down on the desk, I was already starting to feel drowsy.
Has my habit of lying down on my desk and dozing off whenever I have time to secure a little bit of sleep become the root of my problem?
In this situation, even if I force myself to wake up, I think my condition will be at its worst all day long.
“Let’s sleep for 5 minutes… just 5 minutes….”
In times like this, there is nothing we can do. Instead of being stubborn, it’s better to get some sleep.
“Just 5 minutes…”
Even if I doze off now, it won’t matter because the maid who went to get the hemostat will wake me up in no time.
“……..”
With that thought in mind, I lay face down on the desk and closed my eyes.
‘…Ah, nosebleed.’
I later remembered that I had been covering my nose because of a nosebleed, but by then I had already begun to fall asleep.
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“…Clanna.”
“Hmm?”
When I quietly open my eyes to the sound of a familiar voice, I see her tired face without fail.
“I came here because I have some news that I must deliver.”
Her identity is none other than Serena Luna Moonlight.
Frey’s fiancée and the woman he likes the most in the world.
What is she doing here? She must have decided to watch the coronation ceremony.
“The Demon King’s army has arrived right in front of the capital.”
“yes?”
While she was quietly tilting her head, an absurd sound came out of Serena’s mouth.
Why on earth would the Demon King’s army storm into the capital?
Could it be that they started a rebellion targeting the coronation ceremony?
But that can’t be true. The Demon Lord’s army was clearly disbanded by Ruby and Lulu.
Although the word is disbandment and in reality it is a purge.
Anyway, after the disbandment, only some good demons and extenuating figures remain in the Demon King’s army.
Even Demirkan, the actual leader of the current Demon King’s army, is absolutely loyal to Frey and Ruby, so there is no doubt that the Demon King’s army harbors bad intentions.
If you compare the power difference in the first place, coming to the capital itself is tantamount to suicide.
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In any case, even after carefully reflecting on various aspects, there is no reason for them to flock to the capital.
But then, why on earth did the Demon King’s army storm into the capital on a day like this?
“You must prepare for the final battle.”
“……?”
While I was trying to understand the intention of what was being said, Serena, who was kneeling in front of me, spoke to me in a somber voice.
“What on earth…?”
“Princess…”
Only then did I realize that something was strange.
First of all, it wasn’t my room where I was.
I must have fallen asleep at the desk in my room, but why am I sitting on the throne right now?
The coronation ceremony probably hasn’t even started yet.
– Clap, clap…
And now I see that what I was wearing was none other than armor.
“what?”
Moreover, his body is full of unidentifiable wounds.
“”……..””
Perloce and Irina, standing on both sides of the empty throne room, also have scars all over their bodies.
How on earth did this happen?
“…Frey, if it weren’t for that bastard.”
“Now… what?”
As I was trying desperately to understand the incomprehensible situation, I heard a voice full of hate coming from Serena’s mouth, and I widened my eyes and asked a question.
“Why on earth did you protect that human trash, princess?”
However, all that comes back is Serena’s sorrowful voice.
“If only you had allowed me to kill him earlier… it could have changed everything.”
Tears flow from Serena’s eyes as she makes a blank expression at the words she cannot understand.
“But… it’s too late now.”
And that moment.
– Puuuuuu…!
The eerily ominous sound of the trumpet shook the whole place.
“…Still, I will stay by the princess’s side until the end.”
“This…”
I was drawn to the sound and looked out the window.
“Nonsense.”
With eyes full of astonishment, I could only mutter that.
“I’m sure everything would have ended… uh, how could this happen…”
The ground stained with blood, the sun that I had seen a while ago about to go out, and beneath it, the Demon King’s army, decked out in shining armor and weapons, advancing toward the imperial palace.
“Then, let us begin the final desperate battle.”
As I was looking at that scene blankly, Serena’s solemn voice came to me again.
“The princess, escape from the imperial palace immediately….”
“OMG?”
As the voice suddenly quieted down, my body suddenly lost its military form.
“…What on earth is all this about?”
After hearing my last words, exhausted from the constant changes in the situation, everything soon started to get dark.
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“Princess!!!”
“Ugh.”
When Klarna opened her eyes again, what caught her eye was none other than the maid who had gone to pick up a hemostatic agent.
“Lord, don’t die!!!”
“…Kek”
Thanks to her putting a styptic in her mouth, Klana, who had been squirming around, suddenly got up from her seat.
“W-what are you doing!”
“Doctor!! Call the doctor!! Woe, the princess…!”
However, she is a maid who screams loudly and runs out without paying any attention.
“……..”
Klarna, who was looking at the maid with strange eyes, soon found her desk covered in blood and muttered at a loss for words.
“…It was worth it.”
Anyone could see that she looked as if she had been assassinated, so after understanding the maid’s reaction, Clanna sat down and scratched her head.
“Anyway, what was that earlier…?”
Then, she begins to quietly reflect on what she just experienced.
“Is this really a dream?”
And soon, she deduces that it was a dream.
“It was a bit realistic as a dream, but it’s happened before…”
Klarna, who had had a similar nightmare during Frey’s second trial, concluded that the previous experience was a nightmare caused by excessive work.
“Still, something feels uncomfortable… um…”
Still, she felt something uneasy and muttered while frowning.
“Princess!!”
“Her Highness the Princess!!!”
“ah.”
The door bursts open and dozens of doctors rush towards him.
“Oh my…blood!”
“We need to stop the coronation ceremony and get treatment right away!!! Uh, hurry to the capital’s cathedral…!”
“…It’s just a nosebleed, can’t everyone just calm down?”
Soon, even that unpleasant feeling was forgotten and I started making excuses.
“The Royal Guard! What were the Royal Guards doing?! What on earth did Her Highness, the Princess, end up in this situation…!”
“No, I told you to calm down.”
In that brief incident, the memories of the strange thing she had just experienced were gradually fading away in Klarna’s mind.
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Meanwhile, at that time.
– It’s crunchy…!
“Good. The preparations are perfect.”
The magic tower lord, who somehow easily broke through the tight security at the location where the coronation ceremony was to be held, smiled happily as he looked at the barrier that had penetrated the center.
“For those of you who thought everything was over, this might sound like a bolt from the blue, but…”
Her eyes were stained with pitch-black darkness.
“…Your ordeal is not over yet.”
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