The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 350

Chapter 350

Saviolin Tana briefly explained Larken Simonstein.

Larken Simonstein was the general manager of Chanafell when Saviolin Tana, who was still quite old, was a rookie.

Just like Saviolin Tana now, he also had the title of the continent’s strongest swordsman. Larken Simonsteit taught Saviolin Tana many things to raise as the next general manager, Shanafell.

Even she, who was a tremendous genius, had to revise everything she learned at the temple, and at the end of rigorous training, she was able to become the knight commander of the first unit of Shanapell.

Larken Simonstein was already over eighty when Saviolin Tanna was a newcomer. Like Saviolin Tana, he was aging slowly thanks to training and mana management, but he was well past the age to retire.

So, after nurturing the next generation and raising Saviolin Tana’s skills to the right track, he handed over the leadership of Chanapell to someone else and retired.

It wasn’t particularly strange. So, everyone knew that he was spending the rest of his life quietly after retirement.

As the sense of crisis in the Pandemonium War increased, the empire needed strength and wanted to borrow the hand of a retired grandmaster.

but.

Unexpectedly enough, Larken Simonstein had become one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the demon lord army. And even with the weighty title of being the first of the Four Heavenly Kings.

I didn’t know anything about the Four Heavenly Kings, but one of them was even human. He is even a teacher to Saviolin Tana.

In the original work, even the dead demon king is rarely mentioned, but of course there was no reason to mention the four heavenly kings. Even when I was living here, there were occasional talks about the Demon King, but there was nothing to talk about the Four Heavenly Kings.

So, rather, it was a bizarre situation where I was the only one who didn’t know what almost everyone else knew.

“Why did he become the Four Heavenly Kings of Dark Land… … .”

“I do not know.”

Saviolin Tana shook her head.

“You will never know.”

I set her up as a character who feels guilty for not being able to participate in the Pandemonium War. But there was an inside story that I didn’t know about.

Why did Larken Simonstein betray humanity and side with Dark Land?

If it was Sarkegar or Loyar Elleris, would you know?

I didn’t ask questions about the Four Heavenly Kings because I wasn’t curious about them in the first place, but after hearing this, I became curious about the stories about the Four Heavenly Kings, even though they don’t already exist.

Still, if Airi was given the position of the First Four Heavenly Kings and to the extent that Airi learned swordsmanship, it seems like she was treated well and got along well in Dark Land.

Saviolin Tana had many things she wanted to ask of Larken, who betrayed the empire and humanity, but she couldn’t head to Dark Land under the justification of protecting the imperial family.

That’s why it must have been bittersweet to arrive at the castle of demons now that everything is over.

We walked further and finally reached our destination.

The center of the Mawangseong.

A vacant lot that has become ruins.

Even after the battle was over, it must have rained and snowed for a while, but the scars of the battle did not easily disappear, perhaps because it was a place where an overwhelming battle took place.

“This is the place where mankind won its final victory.”

The place where the battle between the demon king and the hero took place.

Pillars and statues were all destroyed and the ground was hollowed out.

Even though it was a very large space, there were traces of violent battles everywhere, and the walls of the surrounding demon palace were blown away as if something had been ripped off, or there were traces of collapse.

“… … It’s an unbelievable sight to see just two beings fighting.”

At this point, Saviolin Tana, the strongest in the world, seemed to be exhausted.

“Look and look again. Just how powerful was the Demon King… … . I can’t even guess. And the strength of Artorius against him is the same… … .”

We walked out into the middle of the clearing.

“Lagan Artorius… … . It was like this.”

Saviolin Tana seemed shocked in a different way.

No matter how great Lagann Artorius was, he was not over thirty.

Even if it was with a strong party, he killed the retired grandmaster and even defeated the demon king. Saviolin Tana seemed to be starting to wonder if that was even possible.

“Because the fight was a fight, the body of the demon king could not be found, but Artorius looked as if he was asleep with Alsbringer inserted into the ground… … . Found.”

I didn’t see this fight and I didn’t describe it, but I know the truth.

I don’t know if it’s the Four Heavenly Kings, but it wasn’t the power of Lagann Artorius that defeated the demon king.

That was the power of Alsbringer.

No one knows the true use of Alsbringer except me.

Ars, god of war.

Als Bringer.

It is literally a sword that can summon a war god.

In the first place, it was Lagann Artorius, who became the incarnation of Ars, who fought the demon king.

The price is life.

Artorius killed the Demon King in exchange for his own life.

Ludwig becomes the owner of Alsbringer.

Therefore, in the original development, it is said that Ludwig also finally used Alsbringer’s true power.

therefore… … .

It is said that I, a tragicophile, ended up killing the main character in this novel that started out as an ordinary story.

* * *

Charlotte sent the commander back, saying that they were guided now.

From now on, stories he shouldn’t have started to come out. He went back after telling him that it was okay to go around the upper floors, but never to go underground.

There were soldiers roaming around the Demon Palace, but there weren’t that many. If there was, he would be concentrating on searching the underground.

Despite what the Commander told us, we’re not here to tour a turning point in human history, but to find a clue to improving Charlotte’s condition.

“Your Highness, do you feel something?”

“… … Not at all.”

The place where the demon king died.

When she got there, Charlotte didn’t seem to feel anything.

After all, it’s just a place you came to randomly. The demon king’s body is not left, and if there is such a thing as the demon king’s soul, it is too vague to wish that it remains here.

Above all, too much time has passed. It was a place where a great battle had taken place, but there was nothing left other than the traces.

“I can only hope that there is something underground.”

“but… … . It seems to be considerably more dangerous than expected.”

“Whoa, like that.”

It wasn’t a trap that would activate if you stepped on it incorrectly, but there was even a type of magic that attacked the mind.

“First, let’s look back from the ground. There might be something up there, too.”

There was nothing to salvage in the place where the last fight took place.

But the Demon King’s Palace is wide.

Charlotte took the lead, saying that there are many places to look around even if it is not underground.

* * *

Memories of the castle were not very clear.

It was because the situation was so urgent, and time passed quickly like a storm after meeting Charlotte. There was no room in my heart, and I felt like I was running with all my might on thin ice because I thought I would die if I made even the slightest mistake.

It was even more so because I was in a psychologically extreme situation.

“I should have brought Dyrus.”

Saviolin Tana said quietly.

“Um… … . I don’t think it’s a place where Lord Dyrus also had good memories, so I didn’t think there was a need to bring him.”

“That is also true.”

Just as my memory of the demon castle was hazy, Charlotte must have been the same. Charlotte must have been locked up in most camps.

To Charlotte, the castle must have been a place with only terrible memories, incomparable to me and Dyrus. Not only did he go through a terrible experience, but in the end he awakened to his grotesque power and killed everyone in the camp.

Impact on cannibalism.

The resulting despair and fear aversion.

In the end, Charlotte killed her mother as well as everyone in prison.

Charlotte didn’t know if she was thinking about the trauma. I was just walking through the corridors of the Demon King’s Palace.

It was the same for me as well.

I am not being chased by anyone, nor am I being threatened with my life.

It wasn’t relaxed, but I was able to watch the demon castle in a relaxed state.

The ceiling of the hallway was high and the passage was wide overall.

I have also seen many palaces.

Including the Palace of Spring, the Central Palace Tetra, the White Palace Arnaria, and the Old Castle Epiax.

However, the ceiling and passageways of the castle were larger than normal and spacious.

“The scale is amazing. Does it need to be this wide? … .”

Saviolin Tana muttered as if I wasn’t the only one thinking that.

“Because humans don’t go there.”

The one who answered that wasn’t me, the demon prince, but Charlotte.

“ah.”

“… … Is that so?”

no.

I feel like a real idiot when Charlotte tells me what I need to know.

That’s right I don’t know! Actually, I’m not a demon prince!

There are demons who are bigger than normal or even gigantic, so it’s right to build them big.

Would this be enough to get you all the way to the ogre?

Of course, not all rooms were large enough for such giants to pass through.

And there were traces of destroyed statues all over the corridor. The destroyed pieces had been removed, but judging from the size of the niche, it was possible to guess that there was a statue of a sizeable size.

Charlotte stopped in front of him.

“this… … .”

“Why is that?”

“… … I remember what I heard from Dyrus.”

Charlotte looked over the broken statue.

“Dyrus and… … . that… … . ugh… … .”

I was about to say that it was him, but Charlotte looked at me and stopped talking.

Are you sorry for bringing it up again after you said you would forget about Valie?

It’s just a matter of doing it, but I want to have a reason to notice it.

“Kuh hmm. anyway. I entered the Demon King’s Palace and brought the Teleport Scroll. to rescue me. But when I was about to leave the palace, the knights of the Duke of Salerian attacked me to keep my silence.”

“… … something like that.”

It seemed that this was the first time Charlotte had told Saviolin Tana about what had happened in the castle.

“I heard that the gargoyles suddenly became active and attacked the knights. That’s why I was able to get out safely… … .”

Since it is my memory, the memory of that time remained more vivid to me.

The knights of the Salarian duchy tried to kill us, and I thought of that while looking at the gargoyles.

usually in this situation.

It was moving like that.

with this feeling.

As if in response to my thoughts, the gargoyles were activated and attacked the knights, killing one on the spot.

“So it looks like they destroyed all the statues.”

Since there was a precedent, they destroyed all the statues after that, and Charlotte seemed to have concluded that this was the trace.

“… … .”

Saviolin Tana was silent with her eyes down.

She promised to remain politically neutral.

However, the fact that she was finally rescued after suffering all sorts of hardships in the Devil Castle, and was almost killed by Bertus’s minions, will inevitably arouse passion in her.

Of course, this isn’t the first time you’ve heard of it, and you probably already know it.

However, when she returned to the scene and heard the words from her own mouth, she could see that she was forcibly holding back the expression on her face.

In the first place, she is no longer neutral.

Even if it was for the survival of the first princess, the act of trying to save Charlotte’s life itself could never be neutral.

If Charlotte’s safety is secured, we may be able to get out of Charlotte’s troubles, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Her neutrality had already been shaken, and it was evident that it was being shaken even more by the excessively terrible thing Bertus was about to do.

It was the same with the things I experienced in the castle, and after that, I couldn’t free myself from the aftermath, so I even returned to the castle with terrible memories.

Even if it was because she felt so sorry for Charlotte, she could feel that Saviolin Tana had a lot of affection for her.

Tana could feel her struggles with her conviction to remain neutral and her inclination toward Charlotte.

“It’s okay, Sir Tana.”

Charlotte walks ahead again and speaks softly.

“I would have done the same thing Bertus tried to do to me if the circumstances were the opposite.”

“… … .”

Charlotte said calmly.

“That’s why I knew what was going to happen to me in the first place.”

In the end, it’s just the same thing.

Bertus wasn’t particularly bad, it was just the right thing to do in that situation.

“So you don’t have to feel so sorry for me.”

“… … I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

Charlotte said and walked slowly down the aisle.

It wasn’t that he was defending Bertus, nor was he putting himself down.

It was just to ease the psychological burden Saviolin Tana was feeling.