Episode 221
“…Puh-ha.”
Ripael removed the handkerchief from his face and glared quietly at Klarna.
“Klarna? Why are you doing this?”
Then, she immediately changed her expression to a good-natured one and asked a question in a soft voice.
It was an abominable sight of her not when she was alone with her, but when she was seen outside.
– Plop, plod.
Klana walks slowly towards her.
– Cracking… crackling…
“…!”
Every time she takes a step, a tingling sensation resonates in the senses of those around her.
“W-what is this… this energy…”
The entire ‘Aura of Domination’, which was said to have been possessed by the first Empress who unified the Western Continent 1,000 years ago, radiated from Klarna’s body and enveloped the yard of the Starlight Mansion.
-Sreung…!
As Klarna approaches right in front of her, Ripael’s guards draw their weapons and block her.
“It’s outrageous.”
Clanna looks at them and speaks in a dry yet dignified voice.
“What right do you have to point your weapons at me?”
The royal guards who only saw Klarna being bullied by Ripael.
“If I summarily execute you now, there will be no legal problem.”
Seeing Klarna quietly starting to collect a huge amount of solar mana in her hands, she slowly retreats with a puzzled expression on her face.
“……..”
Normally, Ripael would have scolded the guards knowingly or unknowingly, but at this moment, she, too, had no choice but to swallow dry saliva.
For some reason, the Clanna in front of him looked very different from what he had done so far.
Normally, I always maintain my laziness, but when I become serious, I become so scared that no one can surpass me.
This was because she was radiating the intimidation and charisma of the emperor, the only person she feared, several times more intensely.
“I guess my little brother wants to talk about something?”
However, she couldn’t back down either.
This was because he could not show himself being pushed back in this place where the attention of numerous people, including the Royal Guards who were his base of support, was focused.
“But, can you wait a moment? My sister has work to do right now. So…”
Therefore, she tried to keep her expression even in an embarrassing situation and tried to grab Frey and head towards the reporters.
– Pubububung…!
“Ahh!”
At that moment, Klarna’s solar mana exploded at a foolish guard who had been foolishly pointing his weapon at Klarna until the end.
“…What is this doing now?”
As Klanna, leaving behind the royal guard rolling in pain, came right in front of her, Ripael’s good-natured expression cracked and he asked that question.
“You probably don’t know what throwing a handkerchief at your face means.”
Klarna began to answer her in a cold voice.
“Of course…”
“…Let’s compete. For second place in the line of succession to the throne.”
As soon as those words were finished, the surroundings became extremely quiet.
– Click, click!
“Miss Klarna! What do you mean by that now?”
“You just challenged Mr. Ripael to a duel…”
“Until yesterday, Clanna was ranked 4th in succession…”
But after a while, a commotion began to break out in the area.
“I’m sure you won’t refuse, right?
“…far away.”
At the center of the commotion, when Klarna imitated him and made a provocation, Ripael began gritting his teeth quietly.
‘It was a golden opportunity to make Frey completely mine…’
Then, she quietly began to look at Frey next to her.
‘If I don’t save you… you won’t last long in the end…’
Before she knew it, she began to look at Frey pitifully.
“So, are you going to see him?”
After looking at Frey for a while, she asked in a low voice.
“You will have to choose well. Become my doll, or go to that stupid Klarna…”
“…….”
But she is like that.
“W-what is it?”
Frey, who had been following him with dead eyes just a moment ago, begins to look embarrassed when he opens his eyes and looks at him.
“Klana… has already awakened?”
Soon, an unknown sound came from Frey’s mouth as he suddenly began to smile grimly.
“…Then, I have no reason to bend to you anymore.”
Immediately after that, Frey pulls away the hand that was holding his arm.
“What is that…”
Ripael was puzzled by Frey’s reaction.
“Are you leaving me out?”
“…No way.”
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When Klana, who was next to him, said that again, he chewed his lips and approached her.
“plaguy…”
And then, Ripael looks at her with burning eyes.
‘If we continue like this, neither porridge nor rice will be possible…’
Since she had already hired several informants to investigate Frey’s condition, she thought her plan was perfect.
He visits Frey, who is seriously ill and has begun to be condemned by the world, and who is probably half-hearted about the situation.
After that, after giving him a moderate amount of fear, he takes him to his room and abuses him for a while.
Then, when he gradually starts to treat her well, wouldn’t he have no choice but to rely on himself, driven to the brink by the continued persecution from those around him?
When Frey becomes completely dependent on you, he says it was all for you.
Isn’t that actually true? He said he only did it to save Frey. Although the method was wrong, there were times when such extreme methods had to be used.
“Why are you interrupting me?”
However, if you get stuck at step 1, the story is different.
Wouldn’t his heroic intentions not be conveyed to Frey?
This is a misunderstanding. It needs to be corrected.
“Okay, I’ll accept.”
Therefore, she decided to first clean up Klarna in front of her and start working again.
‘I need to change my plan… a little.’
If you sell too much, Freyr’s heart may be broken.
First of all, after the duel is over, I thought I should at least say something warm to him – I should take him to my room and give him some delicious food to ease his guard first.
“So, what is the duel style?”
“It’s simple. Whoever falls to the dirt first loses.”
“…It’s good because it’s fast.”
Just like that, Ripael began to put on a serious expression and began to gather solar mana into his body.
“So, what time and place?”
“Here, right now.”
“Surely we should do it right now? It’s too big. What if my younger brother gets embarrassed?”
– Pajijik, pajik…
She looked at Klana with a laugh, but when Klarna was waiting with a large amount of mana gathered, she put on an expression of surprise and got ready for battle.
“We don’t need weapons, right? We have the mana of the sun anyway.”
“…okay.”
“Hmm… This is unprecedented, so the referee is not prepared, but there are a lot of onlookers and the rules are simple, so it doesn’t matter, right?”
Ripael said that.
“And what are you going to bet?”
He asks with a creepy smile.
“Of course I am the next in line to succeed, so what are you going to risk?”
“My life.”
“under.”
Ripael heard those words and laughed.
“I don’t need something so shabby… Oh, how about that?”
I whisper in her ear in a low voice.
“…Transfer of the oath Frey used on you.”
– Pajijik, pajik…
The moment those words ended, the sun’s mana began to crackle like electric sparks in Klarna’s body.
“It should be that much…”
“okay.”
“…good.”
Eventually, when Klana gritted her teeth and answered, Ripael looked satisfied.
“…If you both think you’re ready, tell me it’s time to start.”
“Yes, yes.”
That was the order given to one of the guards who was standing blankly next to them, unable to understand the rapidly changing situation.
“Well, then… get ready.”
And a moment later, the guard, who had been in charge of initiating the impromptu duel, opened his mouth in cold sweat.
“…Start.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
– Kugwagwagwang…!
The yard of the mansion was colored with golden flash.
– Coo coo coo coo…
After a while, the stone fragments and dust that filled the yard subsided.
“”……..!!!””
The reporters who were working hard to capture the scene with filming equipment all froze.
“Ugh… Ugh…”
Ripael, who had gathered together many factions by showing off his overwhelming prowess, fell to his knees, clutching his stomach and drooling.
“The duel is over.”
Meanwhile, Klana was standing so leisurely on the floor, looking down at her half-sister, who had once put her through hell.
“So, now, everyone, get out of here.”
He kicked her and knocked her to the dirt, then looked around at the crowd with a cold expression and said.
“If you want to continue watching the imperial family’s obscene behavior, you can stay.”
The duel that took place that day was the fastest duel in imperial history.
.
“Ugh… Ugh…”
As time passed, all the protesters, residents, and reporters who had gathered in the yard had left.
“Uuuh…”
Ripael was sitting in the yard, still nagging.
– Sigh…
Soon he quietly raises his head.
“Fray.”
Clanna, who was looking down at her just a moment ago, slowly approaches Frey.
“On my birthday, you protected me.”
As soon as she arrived in front of Frey, Klarna grabbed his hand.
“Now I will protect you.”
After saying that, she carefully hugged Frey.
‘This… isn’t this…’
Ripael’s expression distorted as he watched that scene.
‘It was as planned… Everything was as planned…’
Klana, whom he looked down on so much, is looking happy.
Just moments ago, she snatched Frey, who had been gently dragged away because her heart had been broken by her, and held him in her arms.
Even after knocking him out with one blow in front of many people.
‘why? Why did this happen…?”
Since Ripael was able to get everything she wanted, failing to get what she wanted came as quite a shock to her.
“…….”
Just like that, she stared blankly at Klarna, who was muttering something while hugging Frey for a long time.
“okay.”
Draw your own conclusions.
“It’s because I don’t have enough strength.”
He took out a strange pill from his arms that had been given to him by a woman who had once introduced herself as the devil.
“I guess I got some luck from somewhere…? If that’s the case, then I have it too…”
Although it was not known to the public, all the royal family members except Klarna were already on the Demon King’s side.
Instead of gaining strength by taking the medicine given by the Demon King, they pledged loyalty to her.
Of course, Ripael had a very suspicious and cunning personality, so he did not take the medicine until the end.
In the end, she made a choice.
I decided to sacrifice myself to the devil.
If he could rip Klarna in front of him to pieces and turn Frey into a doll, there was no harm in sacrificing his soul.
“Heh, heh…”
The pitch-black pill wriggles in her hand. Is this a pill? Such questions were of no concern to her.
– Sigh…
She had already been blinded by possessiveness for a long time.
“…Huh.”
Just like that, she put the wriggling pill in her mouth.
“Mr. Ripael.”
And at that moment, Frey appeared in front of her.
“Your clothes are disheveled…”
“…..!?”
And he began to straighten her clothes, as she suddenly rolled in the dirt and was completely ruined.
“…Would you like to eat that?”
Then Frey asks quietly.
“You’ll regret it. Really. You know how it was made.”
Of course, with the pills wriggling wildly in her mouth, she made no reply.
“…Do you remember what happened that day?”
Frey whispers to her in a low voice.
“If you remember me from back then, please spit the pill into my hand.”
“……..”
“Come on.”
For some reason, Frey had a sad expression.
“…why me?”
Looking at Frey like that.
“Shouldn’t you listen to a bastard like you?”
She spoke with an expression of disgust toward Frey until the end.
‘Do you have to eat this to save you?’
I think to myself.
‘Tell me to thank you. Don’t be embraced by Klarna or the like, but praise me who will be your savior.’
In the end, Frey will know his intentions and be grateful.
‘Because I am the only person in the world who can save people like you.’
“…gulp.”
Ripael muttered to himself like that and swallowed the pill that had been flying around in his mouth.
“Tsk.”
And that moment.
“Originally, I was supposed to eat it with a kick during the final boss fight in the third year, but suddenly I’m eating it now. It’s ridiculous, really.”
Frey’s expression turned cold.
“To be honest, I didn’t have any expectations because I knew he was a piece of trash that couldn’t be rehabilitated, but I was still going to give him one last chance so he could end up in prison for the rest of his life…”
Frey, who could not even see his expression, imagined the strength that would soon come to him and looked at Ripael who was sleeping with a happy smile.
“…As expected, there is no answer.”
He mumbled coldly and got off of her.
– Shaaa…
Ripael’s entire body was suddenly dyed purple.
– Dismissal…!
After a while, ruby-colored horns sprouted from her head.
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