Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 301

Part 2, Episode 41:

After all discussions

at the Inspection Bureau are over.

Elric moved out with those who remained in the hearing room.

Jump up!

As I opened the door and came out, Cromhel and the Golden Lion, who were being interviewed by reporters, caught my eye.

“What does the imperial family have to do with this situation?”

“Are you not aware that demons have infiltrated the imperial family?”

“How do you plan to deal with the prince?”

It seemed hectic just watching the questions pouring in from all over the place.

It was then that I made eye contact with the golden lion.

He smiled as soon as he recognized Elric’s face.

Grinning!

Andre Winds, the red lion next to Elric, didn’t seem to care at all.

Then he pursed his lips slightly so that no one could recognize him.

-I will leave your seat empty at any time. If you want, I’ll accept the blue lion and the red lion again.

‘Huh crazy.’

Elric couldn’t help but snort inwardly.

I already knew it wasn’t normal. I didn’t know it would be like this.

How could it be possible to bring back those who had already been kicked out once?

Are the personalities of Hermann and Andre not important to that person at all?

Does it seem like everything in the world is just a tool that can be used and discarded at any time?

But what followed was even more shocking.

-also.

‘What nonsense are you talking about again…!’

-I will make you my successor.

‘…!’

This time, Elric couldn’t just ignore it.

thud! thud! thud! thud!

A person who may be called the best person in the world or the best person in history and society says he will pass on everything he has.

My heart was beating wildly.

thud! thud! thud! thud!

Elric took a deep breath and could barely control his excitement.

Then I burst out laughing.

‘…You’ve been deceiving people like this all along.’

I felt like I had caught a glimpse of the secret that allowed him to become the best person in the world and the owner of a huge power called the Lion Gong family, even though he looked so non-human.

If it’s so bad for oneself, why would it be so bad for ordinary people?

Elric turned his body in the opposite direction as if he was not interested.

No matter how harsh it may be, there is something called goodness in the end.

Isn’t it possible to sell one’s pride to a massacrer who kills innocent civilians without any hesitation?

But in the meantime, Mephisto was licking his appetite as if he was missing something.

[What’s wrong?]

『No matter how many times I see him, he’s not an ordinary person. King Yulho had a taste of it once, but it’s a pity that the main king couldn’t.』

‘…There’s another crazy guy here.’

After doing something, he saw the golden lion and his desire to win boiled over again.

ha!

It was at that moment that Elric sighed and was about to go his way again.

Right then.

“You asked how we will deal with it in the future, right?”

Cromhel’s voice was heard responding to the reporter’s question.

He had a human-looking smile.

Why is my attention suddenly focused there?

“That’s right! “Just tell me one thing!”

“I’m not sure because this is my first time experiencing something like this, but at least there won’t be any problems for all citizens and citizens to worry about.”

“What do you mean?”

“I plan to use this opportunity to eliminate all the corruption in the palace that I was unaware of. For example, completely cutting out the rotten inspection bureau. and.”

“…?”

Suddenly, Cromhell came striding towards me and without permission, he put his arm around my shoulder and added a word.

“I will help my friend Elric Mervinger here to usher in a new era.”

Elric glared at Chrome Hell as if asking what he was doing.

But instead of answering, he just smiled.

『As expected, he is a fool comparable to Mervinger.』

While Mephisto was expressing admiration that was not admiration, the reporters’ eyes were focused on Elric.

Everyone had an expectant look in their eyes.

To be honest, it wasn’t a situation I really liked.

‘I guess I’ll have to help you just this once.’

Elric decided to respond appropriately to Cromhel’s performance.

In order to pass off the connection with the Free Revolutionary Army, which is at risk of re-emerging at any time, as an incident, as the relationship with Cromhel has not yet been completely severed.

Elric also placed his hand on Cromhel’s shoulder.

“As the head of the Mervinger family, I will faithfully assist His Highness the 4th Prince in leading the new era.”

Then, he leisurely smiled and waved at the camera, which was flashing loudly.

Pop, pop, pop –

click, click, click!

If you look at it alone, the relationship between the two seemed absolutely perfect.

“Is this what you want?”

Cromhell did not answer right away, but patted Elric on the back and whispered softly.

“Why don’t you see me for a bit this evening, buddy? i’ll wait.”

With those words, he disappeared somewhere through the crowd of reporters.

“….”

It was a very short conversation.

For some reason, Elric felt like Cromhell was a completely different person.

* * *

That evening.

Elric headed to Cromhel’s villa.

As I entered the room where he was guided by the attendants, the orange sunset was shining through the window.

“Are you here?”

Whoa!

Cromhel must have been smoking a hookah, and smoke billowed out from the corner of his mouth.

“Sit somewhere comfortable.”

Cromhel was already giving off a very different atmosphere from the dignified appearance it showed during the day.

A face that is both drowsy and tired.

It was an expression I hadn’t seen in a long time, even as Elric.

As Elric sat across from him, Cromhell put the pipe in his mouth again.

Huuuu-

Elric looked at the guy quietly and asked.

“Have you ever smoked?”

“It was like that. “I promised to quit smoking when I got engaged, but I started smoking again because of a really bad friend.”

How have you endured it all this time? Cromhell grumbled lightly and took up the pipe again.

Bubble bubble!

I could see bubbles forming and the water next to me sloshing around.

As time passed, the smoke gradually became thicker.

“I swear I had nothing to do with this.”

It refers to things related to demons.

“First of all, the devils’ insidious actions do not suit me. “If I had known in the first place that those bastards were influencing the imperial family, I would have wiped them out a long time ago.”

Elric nodded at his words.

Because the Cromhel he knew so far was that kind of person.

A person who is uncharacteristically cool for a prince and hates cowardice.

Why did they despise the Zereitz so much?

the problem is.

‘That means the baseline for good and evil is also subjective.’

No matter what his personality is, Mervinger has no choice but to follow the path of a hero in the end.

But Chrome Hell is different.

Weren’t we born and raised in an imperial family that commanded us to only covet victory and power?

In the first place, the values were different.

“So what do you plan to do now?”

“Now that we know, we have to search them one by one and destroy their seeds. “I have already given that instruction.”

There was no lie in the indifferent answer.

With this, demons will truly be eliminated from the imperial family.

“What about holidays?”

“What is a holiday? Oh, of course you have to compensate for the damage. I heard that most of those people are in your territory now. Right?”

“that’s right.”

“We will also strictly crack down on my father-in-law. To prevent something like this from happening again. So, lighten up your expression.”

Cromhel said with a bright smile.

Ever since I came here, I had been concerned about Elric’s dark expression.

But his face did not relax easily.

Demon extermination holiday rewards, golden lion crackdown, etc.

This is because although Cromhell brought up many things, what Elric wanted did not come out.

Elric looked at him quietly with an expressionless face, and only after a long time did he open his mouth.

“Anything else?”

“Other than this? Hmm? “Did I miss anything else?”

“apologize.”

“hmm?”

“Are you not planning on apologizing?”

“…apologize?”

Cromhel’s hand, which was about to take the pipe to his mouth, stopped.

“I’m talking about an apology to the victims.”

The innocent people of Hyullan who were politically sacrificed simply to honor Cromhel.

Elric was referring to them.

Even if it wasn’t something he ordered directly, it was something his direct subordinates did.

The filth of the subordinates also belongs to the superiors.

Therefore, it could not be said that Cromhell was not responsible.

“ah. “Those cheads?”

Chrome Hell also belatedly realized who Elric was talking about and smiled bitterly.

Then he shook his head.

“Hey buddy.”

“why?”

“I’m sorry, but that’s not possible.”

“….”

“The monarch is shameless, so if he shows weakness, he will eventually be eaten at some point.”

What they were saying was that compensation could be made, but an apology could not be made.

Because what a monarch should look like is much more important than that.

In the end, it was a matter of face.

“Right.”

It was at that time that Elric stood up.

“It seems like we have different opinions on this.”

“….”

Cromhel didn’t say anything.

I just look at the hookah on the table with unfocused eyes.

“Goes.”

After saying a few words, Elric left the villa without looking back.

“….”

There was only silence in the room left alone.

Whoop!

Haaaaa-

Cromhel took a puff of hookah and let out a deeper, longer breath than ever before.

* * *

The Rose Palace is known to be where the emperor’s concubine stays.

There was chaos going on.

bang! bang! bang!

“Aaaah!”

The sound of objects breaking and tearing screams could be heard from all directions.

The royal guards sent by Cromhel attacked the villa.

An elite group called the Black Lion Army.

Each one was an expert who had already created at least one Auror Chain.

“This is an order from His Highness the 4th Prince! Erase everything related to demons!”

“Jonmyeong!”

“Jonmyeong!”

At those words, they began to search the villa more actively.

Anything that seemed even slightly suspicious was burned or destroyed and the people inside were forcibly taken out.

“Please save me!”

“We have nothing to do with the demons!”

Even though the servants begged for their lives, the guards did not blink.

Just swing the sword without hesitation.

If anyone resisted, they would cut them down mercilessly.

“There are demons here!”

“underground! “There is a secret space underground!”

“Kill everyone!”

Every time hidden facilities related to Lilim were revealed, the commotion grew bigger.

Meanwhile.

“You must run away quickly, Demon King! “I don’t have time for this!”

On the third floor of the palace, concubine Princess Diana was chewing the fan she was holding in her hand.

Lilith, the master of Lillim in human form, cried out.

“This is all because of him! Mervinger Mervinger!”

Wizard who swallowed talent