Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 106
Episode 106 〈Romania〉
I never thought he would be so faithful to his desires.
Thanks to you, things became easier.
In fact, he was so depressed that he dismissed meeting the second prince as a wasted effort.
I looked down at Derian and smiled.
“Your desire makes things easier.”
I called Luan and asked him.
“What did the heavenly army do?”
“As you said, we are preparing to send it to the border area. “I’m stationed in Romania in preparation for any unexpected incident.” I
‘m quite satisfied.
I nodded.
“That’s a good thing. Then, brother.”
“…?”
“Let us use the heavenly army. We must surround the palace and the capital.”
Derian’s face hardened at those words.
Luan, on the other hand, looked at me as if puzzled.
His face asked why he would do such a thing.
“Both this vampire and Rose are related.”
“what?”
Luan’s eyes widened.
He looked between me and Derian with meaningful eyes.
It might not be convincing,
but.
“I can see.”
I pointed to my eyes with my finger and then aimed at Derian.
“This guy is the secret agent who is hiding the vampire and the Second Crown Princess Rose.”
“Is it true?”
Luan looked at Derian.
Derian’s face turns pale and he is trying to figure out what to say.
I’m glad he’s a guy who can’t hide his emotions.
Luan, seeing Derian’s condition, widened her eyes and looked at me again.
“Wait a minute, Allen, are you sure you can distinguish not only vampires but also liars?”
I shook my head.
[Mind’s Eye] is not omnipotent either. It is impossible to distinguish that accurately.
However, in this way, we can see which part of ‘thought’ is most biased towards desire.
This was the first time since Rich Nasus that he had said this out loud.
If it were Michael of the Chaolium Church, he wouldn’t have even thought of him as an enemy.
“There is that too.”
Even if you don’t use [Mind’s Eye], you can’t help but have doubts.
I sniffed and turned to look at the study.
You can see a study and a wall filled with books.
There’s a ‘bad smell’ coming from there.
It is the smell of corpses and the lingering scent of death emitted by the undead.
I summoned a musket, imbued it with holy power, and shot it toward the study.
The study collapsed and the space was exposed.
“Secret passage?”
I nodded at Luan’s words.
“older brother.”
“okay.”
“Can you give me all your military tickets?”
Luan tilted her head.
I smiled and looked at Luan.
“I’m trying to clean up this place like an imperial palace.”
Cleaning up was simple.
I found out that Derian was related to vampires.
This meant that the power of the Holy Emperor was absolutely demonstrated in the Roman Kingdom.
We hunt down Rose and the vampires here.
We also had to clearly investigate what they were after.
Luan made an awkward expression.
“If you want. But this is not the imperial palace. If we move our troops carelessly…”
“For that, we just need Prince Derian’s cooperation.”
I spoke to Charlotte, who was standing in front of the office door.
“Charlotte.”
“Yes.”
“Lead the heavenly army and take control of the palace.”
I said, giving her a look.
“This is an order from an inquisitor.”
Charlotte bowed her head.
I looked at Derian.
“Then, prince. “We need your cooperation.”
Derian looked at me in surprise.
“What do you mean cooperation? What does that mean? “Prince, things I didn’t know before…”
I said to the Holy Knights standing guard in front of the door.
“Do not let anyone come near here.”
“Yes, I understand!”
The Holy Knights bowed their heads and closed the door.
Soldiers and servants could be seen protesting outside, but since the paladins were encamped, they could not approach without permission.
Time is running out.
We must move quickly before this movement becomes known to the nobles and knight commanders in the capital.
“Let’s finish in five minutes.”
I closed the curtains.
The room became dark and Derian’s complexion became even paler.
Derian came out of the confined space and looked at Luan.
“Prince Derian, I just need you to answer my questions.”
Okay just a question.
but.
“Please keep in mind that if your answer is insufficient, you may be injured in an unpleasant accident.”
Luan forced Derian to sit on the chair.
Derian, who must have felt the air becoming heavier, screamed in fear.
“Are you really trying to torture me? “No matter how much they are princes of a prosperous kingdom, this is against continental law…!”
“It’s okay if there is no evidence.”
I imbued my hands with holy power. And then I glanced at Derian.
“If there is no wound, there will be no evidence left.”
Derian’s face turned pale at those words.
**
After some time, I received a document from Derian saying he would actively cooperate.
Charlotte took it and moved the paladins.
A commotion broke out in Romania, the capital of the Roman Kingdom.
Up to a thousand Holy Knights gathered in the city square.
“This is the 7th Prince’s order.”
Charlotte was at the center of it all.
There was only one command given to her.
‘Not a single rat will be let out of the capital.’
“Block off all entrances to the water supply.”
Up to a thousand paladins moved.
They took control of all the external gates leading to the city.
“Close all royal palaces as well.”
At Charlotte’s order, the paladins surrounded the palace.
The nobles and knights protested to Charlotte at the sudden movement of the heavenly army.
“Wait a minute, what are you doing!”
There was a bloody atmosphere.
Nevertheless, no orders came from above.
Since the Paladins did not take any hostile action, it was at a point where it was unclear whether the soldiers should fight back.
Charlotte said while looking at the nobles and knights.
“A vampire has invaded the palace.”
“…!”
The eyes of the nobles and knight commanders widened.
Charlotte held out a document with Derian’s seal.
“Currently protecting the second prince, Derian. All nobles were ordered to convene in the king’s throne room. This is the will of the Seonghwang family and also the will of Prince Derian Victoria.”
“Are you saying this is something that Prince Derian has given permission to do?”
“Of course. “It wouldn’t have been this quiet if he hadn’t cooperated.”
At Charlotte’s words, the nobles and knight commanders looked at each other.
The paladins gathered and surrounded them.
“Also, I would like you to accompany me to hunt down vampires. There is a high possibility that a vampire is wandering around the palace wearing a human mask.”
“If it’s something like that.”
Vampires were also feared by nobles.
Although it has a human appearance, it sucks blood and lusts for human flesh.
They are monsters that tempt even the soul.
These days, there have been many rumors about this and that in the Kingdom of Rom.
There is a rumor that the 1st Prince Varus attracted a vampire while protecting the 2nd Crown Princess.
I went crazy thinking that this incident might have been planned by 1st Prince Varus.
I had no choice but to believe it because they said that they had Derian’s seal and that they could hunt down vampires directly from the Holy Emperor’s Kingdom.
They were guided by a paladin.
Once the situation was somewhat resolved, Charlotte went to Derian’s office with the paladins.
To be precise, I looked at the secret passageway in the study.
“There will be undead inside. Some of the vampire’s creatures are left behind as proof of their capture. Also, if there is Rose Darina,”
Charlotte glanced at the paladins and said,
“Make sure she is taken away without a scratch.”
Charlotte and the paladins moved.
They walked towards a secret passage. They
went down the stone stairs with no light.
The smell of blood was strong. There was a place full of all kinds of filth, including zombie ghouls and lycans.
Charlotte and the paladins camped out and took them out. I went hunting.
And I walked little by little and found a room.
I opened the iron door.
And I saw what I saw.
There are two women in a room with simple furniture.
One is the maid Sharin.
She has a bulging stomach. She was standing trembling in fear with her arms wrapped around her body, and the other one was the second crown princess, Rose Darina.
Rose was sitting on a chair, leisurely drinking tea.
She must have heard what kind of commotion there was outside. Even though
the undead were killed and the paladins attacked, Rose was not the least bit nervous. Rather,
she opened her mouth with a charming smile and said,
“Welcome.”
Charlotte frowned at those words.
**
By the time the nobles arrived at the king’s throne room, they saw 1st Prince Varus and 2nd Prince Derian kneeling.
“Prince King…!”
It would be an incomprehensible sight to the nobles. It
was natural.
It was incomprehensible that the first prince, the leader of the rebel army, was here, and that the second prince was kneeling.
The paladins pointed their cross spears at the nobles.
“What are you doing?”
“It is impossible for the Holy Emperor to invade the Kingdom of Rom…”
It was then.
The door to the king’s throne room opens.
-Quaaa!
The nobles’ mouths fell silent.
A lycan was brought in by the paladins, bound in shackles. Also ,
Rose Darina, who had been hidden, was dragged out with her maid, her arms and legs shackled.
Seeing that, Derian’s complexion became even paler.
I sat on the throne, leaned the back of my hand against my cheek, and said,
“As you can see, the second prince Dery. “Ahn was in secret with a vampire and was hiding the second crown princess.”
The nobles’ eyes widened.
“This is clearly a high treason that violates the rules of continental law, and is also the act of a devil worshiper who violates the rules of God.”
This is a deadly sin that no one can survive, regardless of whether they belong to the royal family or the royal family.
“Does anyone have any objection to this?”
The nobles looked at Derian in disbelief.
I even checked the nobles with my [Mind’s Eye], but I couldn’t find out who was inside.
The vampire was also not found.
I glanced at Rose Darina.
She bowed slightly to me and greeted me.
“long time no see. 7th Prince Allen Allpols.”
I frowned at Rose’s appearance.
It’s quite relaxing. Even though he knew that if he was dragged away, his head would be cut, he did not show any signs of nervousness or anxiety.
I turned to look at Charlotte.
Charlotte shook her head from side to side.
She came over and whispered to me.
“It’s too easy.”
I agreed with that.
“surely.”
It was strange.
It’s so easy and sloppy.
I was overcome by an uncomfortable and ominous feeling.
The vampires aren’t moving at all.
Why?
Aren’t they protecting Rose?
Why is Rose given away so easily?
Also, what about Prince Derian? Was he just a tool?
But for what?
Was it simply to use the war in the Kingdom of Rom to raise troops?
I don’t know.
What are the vampires’ intentions and what do they want?
I remembered what Derian had said.
-Mu Of course, I was the one who sent the assassin. But I told you to do it!
He wasn’t the only one who sent the assassin.
-Raiden That’s what he told me to do. That way, the Roman Kingdom can be unified… The Holy Emperor said that he could do it somehow!
Raiden?
I made a blank expression.
Derian Rose and a sloppy assassin.
Everyone feels like the vampire ‘just gave it away’.
Like bait.
bait?
“wait for a sec.”
I swallowed dry saliva.
Information about Rose’s whereabouts was leaked all too easily.
Also, upon hearing the news, the blood of the Seonghwang family, filled with revenge, went directly to the subjugation war.
And now.
“No way…”
The blood of the Holy Imperial Family, feared by vampires, is gathered here in the Kingdom of Rom.
Prince White and Luan Allfaults.
To get rid of those two, it takes more than the Holy Empire.
“Did you intentionally drag us into the Kingdom of Rom…?”
The Kingdom of Rom, a civil war zone, will have an advantage.
Charlotte’s face hardened at those words.
**
The bat that was watching the situation in the sky above Romania flapped its wings.
A bat has died, scattering ash on a forest hillside in Romania.
“Unbelievable!”
The bizarre monster was excited and opened its mouth.
Raiden, who was with the monster, looked away.
A wrinkled face and pale skin with sharp eyes that stand out. The eponymous vampire with white hair pulled back.
The Marquis de Chirom rubbed his eyes with his long fingers.
“That’s amazing. It’s faster than you think! This was unexpected. “We underestimated the 7th prince too much!”
It had a goblin-like face and abnormally long hands and legs.
The costume is a checkered clown costume.
In fact, it was the Marquis of Kirum, who was called a ‘crazy clown’ even among vampires.
He gave a look of wonder.
He let out an exclamation at the sight of the 7th Prince seen through his familiar.
“It is clear that he has a way of finding out who is communicating with us in addition to simply identifying vampires. “I guess the right thing to do was to coax the second prince, just in case!”
“Definitely… the movements are fast.”
I had no idea Raiden would move this quickly.
He did not simply pressurize Derian on ‘assassination charges’, but also gained insight into things about ‘vampires’ and ‘Rose’.
The 7th Prince was ‘convinced’ that Derian was an accomplice between Rose and the vampire.
This made it clear.
The 7th prince can see something. No, you can see through it.
It’s like reading thoughts.
Contrary to Raiden’s thoughts, Marquis Kirum expressed his thoughts.
“But it’s not perfect. There seems to be some restriction. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have used the method of torturing Derian.” You
can read thoughts, but you can’t figure out everything.
You can only think that way.
Marquis Kirum rubbed his hands together like flies, as if he found something interesting.
“Very good. Ah. “He is a greedy livestock. It seems that it is not a lie to say that he was blessed by Gaia, a being called a saint. I want to raise him and savor his blood for a long time!”
Raiden glanced at Marquis Kirum.
“But he is a person with more danger than the Holy Emperor, as he has the eyes to distinguish between us. We were lucky. He came out of the Holy Emperor’s Kingdom. His original targets were 1st Prince Luan and the Crown Prince. ”
Use Rose as bait to leak information.
If that happens, the vengeful Luan and the Crown Prince will almost certainly take the bait.
Also, you can use Derian to tie them up to ‘Romania’, the capital of the Rom Kingdom.
Investigate the rebels . They can delay time in name, and if they know that ‘vampires’ are involved, they will not leave the Kingdom of Rom.
“Thanks.”
Marquis Kirum’s eyes lit up:
“I guess I can kill them all.”
This is the plan this time.
The reason the useless ‘Rose’ was brought in was actually for the ‘sacrifice’.
However, he did not expect that the 7th Prince would also join in.
Rather, it was a good thing.
Marquis Kirum smiled so much that the corners of his mouth were torn.
“200,000 Romanian citizens. Among them, 7,500 defenders of the Roman Kingdom. 1,000 thousand soldiers. They are quite powerful, but they are ‘prey’ that can be easily eliminated.”
Raiden glanced behind the excited Marquis Kirum.
From the forest, vampires walked out, taking on human shapes but giving off a strange aura.
Marquis Keyrum said, giggling.
He gestured gracefully toward the newly appeared progenitors.
“Greetings, Marquis of Leiden. “I am a noble who was deployed in this ‘massacre’ operation.”
Marquis Kirum pointed his finger at the progenitor vampires.
“Baron Zenith, Baron Berni, Viscount Logger, Baron Tyr, Count Guibert, and about 30 knights under the direct command of the Vampire King.”
The progenitor vampires’ eyes flash.
About 2,000 ‘undead legions’ they gathered from all over the Kingdom of Rom, and 3,000 undead legions of middle to upper level or higher that they would summon.
“A total of 5000 undead legions.”
Marquis Keyrum raised his head.
He turned his gaze to Romania, the capital of the Roman Kingdom.
“Also 200,000 citizens who will become livestock. Every time you kill them, they will all turn into an army of zombies. “This is enough.”
Marquis Kirum glanced at Raiden.
“You can kill the bloodlines of the Seonghwang family, right? Marquis of Leiden.”
“…Suffice. Marquis of Keyrum.”
There is a crown prince.
But he will be dealt with by Raiden.
Because this is the place prepared for that purpose.
If it is too much, other progenitors will also join in.
Marquis Kirum would be able to deal with the 7th Prince and 1st Prince Luan.
Raiden raised his head.
He looked down at Romania. I also thought of Prince Derian.
Raiden gritted his teeth.
Blood flowed from between the gums.
He had endured the humiliation of bowing down to a mere livestock, not even the Vampire King to whom he had sworn allegiance.
Now was the time to vent about it.
“Was it really bait?”
Raiden’s eyes widened.
He turned his head.
A man walked out of the forest.
“For some reason, I thought the Kingdom of Rom was acting strange.”
The man scratched the back of his head in dissatisfaction.
“When we investigated the entire Roman Kingdom, we found many villages and territories that had disappeared even though they were not combat areas. Moreover, all of those places have been turned into undead.”
He had no fear even though there were strange monsters around him.
“It’s been over 10 years since I chased you. I’ve already experienced many traps like this.”
The progenitor vampires broke out in a cold sweat and took a step back in fear.
“But this time, they prepared on a grand scale. It’s truly surprising. I knew it was organized, but I can’t believe it was on this scale.”
A vortex of holy power swirled around the man.
Swords of light were summoned around him and aimed at the vampires.
Marquis Kirum opened his mouth as if surprised when he saw the man.
“Head collector!”
The man frowned.
“It’s White All Falls. Who is the hair collector?”
The crown prince of the Holy Empire.
White was waving his hand with a smile on his face.
“Anyway, it’s nice to meet you like this, vampires. And…”
White’s eyes sank coldly.
“Goodbye for now.”
Swords of light pierced the vampires.