puzzle pieces(3)
The president is making noise.
The king himself promised to give anything, but immunity.
It was not empty words that the king himself said he would listen to anything. Even if it was a royal treasure, King David would have been willing to give it up.
But what I want is immunity.
No matter what kind of crime you commit, requesting forgiveness would be ominous, as if foretelling a crime.
In fact, the real crime notice is correct. But I can’t imagine that would be treason.
“Immunity… Baron Locke said something unexpected.”
King David put on a slightly puzzled expression, but then cheerfully opened his eyes.
“Okay, Baron Corinne Locke. I will grant you immunity guaranteed by the royal family. No matter what crime you commit, just once. If you use that immunity, I will forgive you anything.”
You cannot repeat what has already been said. A king’s words must weigh more than anything else.
Whatever my intentions, the king could not contain what he had said.
Well, this isn’t something your father-in-law would lose, so don’t make such an expression.
“Then, next. Lady Marie Dunareff. For you, the archmage’s staff from the royal treasury—”
In Corinne Guardians, the representative names received awards according to their achievements and the ball resumed. Although there is no need to eat separately thanks to the dishes that are gradually added to the ballroom in the evening.
“Sir Corinne.”
In the midst of a banquet in full swing, she came to me with a cane.
“Her Highness, Princess Elizabeth.”
“Hehe, I’m a junior at the academy, so how about being a little more friendly?”
“In the palace, you have to follow the manners.”
“Are you really from commoners?”
“You should have recognized it separately.”
At my words, Princess Mir gave a sly eye smile and then told me about the matter.
“Abama wants to have dinner with you.”
“is it so?”
In the previous episode, ‘Give me Princess Miriam!’ It was this pattern when it was like this. Well, it must be a little less violent than back then.
As we left the ballroom following Princess Mir, a group of servants and maids guided us as if they had been waiting.
Unlike the banquet hall, which is relatively open, the deeper you go, the stricter the palace’s security system becomes.
A structure in which knights and soldiers circulate and the barriers spread by magicians block intruders.
I remember that it was impossible to bypass unless you were on the Archmage tree or the Assassin tree.
‘Everyone is busy.’
The royal palace is having a busy daily life, perhaps thanks to the crowds due to the ball. However, as if they were trying to keep the minimum dignity, the voices urging them were the lowest and no one jumped.
As it is a place where nobles roam and royalty reside, they care about elegance and formality.
Thanks to that, the atmosphere outside is different. As if this place is another world.
‘I had to leave this place before I could adapt.’
When I was thinking about the time I lived here for a short time, Princess Mir started talking to me.
“You asked for a fun reward.”
“You mean immunity?”
“Yeah, it was like a declaration that I would do something worthy of immunity in the future.”
“You’re not wrong.”
I will. treason.
“Can I hear what you’re going to do?”
“Isn’t it fun to be spoiled in advance? Expect a surprise.”
Miriam stopped walking and turned around. At the same time, all the attendants stop moving together.
“I wonder what Kyung will do with it. Very, very interested.”
“You are very interested in me.”
I looked around. Attendants, maids of honor… these are familiar faces. All her people she embraced.
Although Princess Miriam’s power has been weakened since the magic tower collapsed, she is unmatched in the royal palace. She won’t have to worry about what she’s saying here.
In a closed room surrounded by attendants and maids, she grabbed my tie and pulled it toward me.
“My offer is still valid, Sir.”
“It’s okay if you treat me as you like.”
A faintly sweet scent tickled his nostrils. An alluring gaze that cannot but pass over without hiding that it is a poisonous apple.
A woman like a flame who is willing to set herself on fire for the sake of strange temptations, attitudes, and goals. but······.
“Are you awake? just. I was looking at your sleeping face.”
I remember a fresh woman bathed in the morning sunlight beyond the ferocious gaze. The defenseless side that only I showed.
“well.”
Suddenly, I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her towards me. At that moment, the lady-in-waiting next to her reacted, but Mir stopped it with her glance.
Soon, reddish-red eyes entangled towards each other.
“It’s an attractive offer, but I’m turning it down for now.”
“What does that mean?”
“Be patient. One day I will come back with a new offer.”
“Hmm…”
Princess Mir scanned my face as if searching for my intentions.
“Well, fine. But you’d better not be too late.”
With that said, we head inside the palace. The royals stood at the entrance to the hall where they ate.
“Tell me about royal etiquette?”
“It’s okay. I’ve learned everything.”
“Who taught you the royal etiquette? Estelle?”
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‘you.’
The restaurant inside was very familiar. Because nothing has changed from the previous episode.
A long dining table covered with a clean white tablecloth under a dazzling chandelier. There are three people in a place where all kinds of delicacies are displayed.
King David, Queen Asher. And the first princess of Estelle… King David invited me to sit down.
“Sit down, Baron Locke. Princess Miriam too.”
Since he had already bowed once at the venue, I followed his words without further bowing.
My seat is across from Estelle. She looks at me and gestures lightly.
‘Hello~’
Unlike the depressed appearance in the waiting room before the prom, she seems to have recovered her energy to some extent.
“Thank you for inviting me, Your Highness the Great.”
“Yes, I heard that he is a vassal nobleman of the Duke of Dunareff.”
“There was a bit of a kite.”
“It’s not a bit like saving the daughter of a duke.”
also the king. There’s no way she didn’t know about Marie’s vampire awakening.
“Dunaref is an old ally of the royal family and an important family that supports the kingdom’s lifeline. Helping them is no different from helping the kingdom.”
“The castle is ruined, Your Highness.”
Respond lightly to compliments with silence. King David laughed and waved his hand.
“Don’t treat me too harshly, Sir Corinne. You are the benefactor who saved my daughter, and you are also the hero who subdued the wicked Mage Tower. As the father of a child and as the king of a kingdom, I owe you a lot.”
“It’s too much praise.”
“Heh heh, take it easy. The heroic story you infiltrated into the Iron Islands is still impressive. Estelle made a fuss about it.”
Like the princesses, King David has a direct and cool personality. Even in the previous episode, he treated Miriam, who was pregnant, and me without any wrinkles.
“Mir asked a man well.”
Actually, it was attacked, but even though a certain commoner impregnated the princess, it went over without saying anything.
Rather, he held my hand and asked for it.
“Take care of my daughter, sir. Be that child’s warm home. Poor child.”
He genuinely cared for Mir, and entrusted her to me. I’m sorry, father-in-law. That alone… wasn’t enough.
“Oh, you called someone and talked too much about me. Let’s have a meal first.”
King David lifting the tableware from me, as if telling me not to be burdened. Then, Estelle cut up a large turkey leg and put it on my plate.
“Eat a lot, bro~”
Estelle stared at her with a twinkling gaze. Queen Asher caught that gaze.
“Oh, Estelle. The way you look at Sir Corinne is unusual.”
“It’s a life saver~”
Estelle responds with a smirk even to the teasing queen. She made no secret of her great affection for me.
“Ah, since Corinne is my younger brother, please treat him like a son.”
“Oh my gosh.”
“Hoo?”
Queen Asher covered her lips in surprise, and King David… How come the gaze is the opposite of Duke Marde’s.
“Don’t embarrass Sir Corinn too much, Estelle. If the higher ups are comfortable, the lowers can’t be comfortable, right?”
Princess Mir tackled the situation lightly.
“I’m fine, in case anyone else doesn’t know. Isn’t that right, brother?”
“Keuheum… Let’s refrain from the giant saintess.”
“Ah~ You took your sister’s first kiss and that’s it?”
no, this woman? How can I say that here?
“Oh my gosh…!”
“Hmm… is that so?”
The king and queen’s gaze became more intense than before.
I’m chewing on a turkey leg, and I can’t tell what it tastes like. Princess Mir also looked at me with a mischievous gaze!
“Hmm…”
Ah, that expression, that gaze… I think I understand. The look of ‘Is that why you turned me down?’ ······You are misunderstood.
“Come to think of it, did you mix flesh with my daughter?”
“Kuhmm…!”
did you even say that? Estelle, sister, hide it from your parents!
“Your Highness, that is…”
“I’ve heard it’s been like that for several days…”
I yank! He turned his gaze to Estelle. tell me something
Estelle covered her blushing face with both hands and added.
“It’s not like that. I thought that Corinne’s sister would freeze to death, so I warmed it up a bit.”
“Anyway, did you see the bare skin of an overaged virgin?
“Oh, we’re not there yet. Well, it’s just a matter of time.”
Is it a matter of time? What? Estelle’s sister?
“They are not interested in the kingdom’s family members, but indeed, heroes have no qualms. If this is also a kite, then it must be a kite.”
I felt it in the previous episode as well. This man seems to be impatient because he couldn’t send his daughters to marry.
Well, Estelle or Miriam, let alone get married, don’t have a fiancé, so it’s going to be hard. First of all, there was no next successor.
So when Mir got pregnant, did she really like it?
“Abama.”
It was then. In a friendly atmosphere, Princess Mir spoke for the first time.
“Sir Corinne asked for immunity, but that would save the royal family face. How about it? Is Obama giving out a separate reward?”
“Hmm?”
King David made a surprised expression, as if he was worried about Princess Mir, who was giving me a favorable look.
“Yes, in addition to immunity, it’s a reward… Sir, you’ve made such a feat.”
“It’s too much praise.”
“But before that, I have to ask you one question. What did you ask for immunity from?”
“······ I apologize.”
I roundly declined the king’s question. He seemed a little embarrassed.
“I’m worried. It’s a crime that the kingdom’s hero needs immunity… I can’t imagine what kind of crime he will commit.”
Treason, father-in-law.
I’m going to commit a little bit of treason.
“One question. What is that sin against?”
A king who gave up on asking the purpose and asked for directions. This much can be answered.
“My teacher taught me the most important teachings of all.”
Put the puzzle pieces together. Its perfection will be tailored for one thing only.
“Justice. Justice. Justice. You only pursue justice.”
In the past and now, my method for a happy ending is the same.
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The meal was over in a relatively comfortable atmosphere despite dealing with the royal family. The ladies-in-waiting cleared the table and brought tea.
King David put down the teacup and opened his mouth with a smile.
“Yes, I agree with you that I should give you one more thing besides immunity. You deserve it.”
“The castle is ruined.”
“What to give. I’ve been thinking about it, but you’ve been satisfied with a lot. The Duke of Dunareff. They don’t support you unreservedly.”
“·······.”
“Lady Marie. I know that the favor she shows you is extraordinary. With Dunareff’s financial power, you won’t need royal treasures or titles.”
“It’s an absurd statement.”
“Aren’t you denying it?”
“·······.”
“So, I thought about what you need and decided.”
What is it? From what you’re saying, it doesn’t sound like a treasure or a title.
“It is not likely that you claimed immunity because of an ordinary incident. Therefore, I promise a noble knight who pursues justice.”
King David showed his trust in me with a benevolent voice.
“Tell me what you want at any time. Just like immunity, only once. The wine will grant your request.”
“······!”
de facto duplication. That was a huge promise.
A wish that the player can only fulfill once. Are you promising it again? I was rather hesitant at the unbelievable declaration of the king.
“majesty.”
“Do not deny it. I know you. I know your deeds. I have heard of your sublimity and nobility, and the saintess vouched for this, and I personally met and confirmed it.”
“You are a good hero. Dunarev supports, Aden supports, and Merkava Academy guarantees. I have no doubt that you believe in justice and goodness on your path.”
“There are unusual movements on the continent. A traitor has come out of Merkava, and the Mage Tower has committed an act beyond comprehension. This is probably not the end.”
King David’s gaze instantly turned to Princess Mir. She hid her intentions even from her own father with a snake-like smile.
“Winter is coming. It will be a harsh season. The kingdom must prepare for it.”
“Take care of my daughter, sir. Be that child’s warm home. Poor child.”
He was the one who worried about Miriam more than anyone else, but kept her madness, anger and hatred in check.
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“I didn’t know you would make such a promise.”
After dinner, Miriam returned to her palace.
He knows that the king is holding him in check. He was anxious about where his anger and hatred might turn, and he watched the forces with which he mingled.
The magic tower and the old school. He seems to have a hunch while watching the two groups who have vested interests in this world but make irrational choices without looking back.
Thanks to this, the words he brought out to build up Corinne Locke’s favor became another wing that was equivalent to immunity.
“Whoops…”
Obama Mama. father. Do you think that will stop me? You are also responsible for this. From the moment I buried my mother, you wouldn’t have the right to hold back my revenge.
Those who know Miriam evaluate her as a venomous snake.
But that assessment was only half right. She is right that she is a deadly venomous snake, but she doesn’t see that her tail is on fire.
My body is on fire. At the edge of fate, a burning flame with dirty bastards.
Even if it burns itself. It cannot be stopped.
10 years ago, only that was my long-cherished dream.
“No one can stop me. No one.”
“Yes, I guess.”
“·······.”
This is your own royal palace. The most secret bedroom… There is someone who entered there first.
“You’re inadvertently entering a lady’s room. You lack gentlemanly manners.”
“Please understand, princess. There were too many people wandering around elsewhere.”
The one who hides away from all the defenses speaks well. Miriam tried to serve the wine that was placed in his room, but he was already drinking from the bottle.
“It’s been a while, Danan of Light. Master Tates Baltazar.”
Tates Balthazar. A traitor to this world seeking usurpation. He was waiting for Miriam.
“OK.”
He wasn’t the same as when we first met.
overall relaxing Sometimes, he’s just like an old man on the street.
But Miriam knows him. His longing, his justice close to madness.
Above all, the power of heaven and earth to claim to be the king of the gods.
“You seem to have suffered a lot of losses lately? It’s a bit disappointing. Does this mean that I’m supporting you?”
She spoke without hesitation to a being who, in some ways, was disrespectful, but could destroy the palace by herself.
He and she are not masters and subordinates. Strictly speaking, it was more like an alliance.
However, recent moves by the alliance are disappointing.
The retrieval of the original rune using Permak failed, and the formation of public opinion through the awakening of Ginger City also failed.
More than anything else, the most decisive thing was that he had consumed the magic tower too absurdly.
Putting aside anything else, the destruction of the mage tower must have been a fatal blow to him as well.
“Don’t do it too much. It’s always been.”
“·······?”
attitude of familiarity. Miriam couldn’t hide her doubts.
“This goddamn world hates me so much. I’m a traitor and I can’t help it.”
He gulped down the bottle with a lamentable, yet worldly, relaxed expression.
“Well, fine. At least until my wish comes true, I hope I won’t fall out.”
Miriam doesn’t care if Tates creates a new world or not. She doesn’t care as long as her wish is fulfilled.
He had the power to fulfill that long-cherished wish, he had the power, and he had the destiny to change ‘fate’… so what happened after that was fine.
either succeed or fail.
“Anyway, it’s according to the contract.”
He threw something at Miriam, and a ‘snake’ came out of her dress and bit it.
“·······.”
What the snake grabbed with its jaws is the greatest treasure of this world. The Crown of Destiny Liah Arm.
Tossing a treasure like this like a pebble on the street. While dumbfounded by the opponent’s thick nerves, he falls in love with beautiful jewels.
“Read your fate. Your unconfirmed fate.”
Five years ago, a deal he bet on himself. Among them, once a year. There was a rental of a Lia arm that could read Miriam’s fate–
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She read her destiny.
“Heo-euk…!”
Miriam let go of the staff that supported her body as she let out her breath. Her throbbing legs couldn’t support her and threw her on her head.
She, who cares about dignity and formality more than anyone else in the palace, cannot wake up for a long time even after collapsing in shame.
It wasn’t because of her exhausted body, nor because of the shock of reading her fate.
“Whoop, whoop whoop…! Ahahahahahahahaha!!”
It was madness.
It was joy, it was joy.
“Hoo~”
Seeing that reaction, the change, Tates puts on an expression of surprise. Because it was the first time he had such a reaction.
“Has fate changed?”
“Yes. That’s right. Hehe, that damned fate has changed. Instead of being a lost failure, there was me smiling more than anyone else.”
has changed
her destiny.
The flame named Miriam was laughing heartily. This time.
A small change from last year. It wasn’t until this year that it came to fruition.
A dying bastard writhing in pain was proving her success, and next to her was a knight of destiny.
‘Coryn Locke. it was you too You changed it.’
my hero
my prince
my destiny.
he made my wish come true
178. Killed the Back Academy player
