The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 622

Chapter 622

The Allied Forces are said to be coming soon, but we won’t need them anymore. That’s why most people are on standby, but Liana has a special assignment.

absolutely stable.

Literally.

Liana, who has the attribute of making it rain when she cries, needs to take special medication to control her wake. Something like a depressant.

That’s why Liana needs to consume her mentality, not her magical power or physical strength, to display her mighty abilities.

So, what I usually ask for from Liana is to be in good shape. If you take antidepressants all the time and the taste goes away, you won’t be able to use your strength when you really need it.

So, Liana usually spends her time in this mansion as if recuperating.

The last time he used his ability was to melt the heavy snow that had fallen on the ecliptic.

We drank tea until Ileion Bolton and the Duchess returned.

Although not as much as before, this villa still has a servant. It is one of the few places in Edina where you can live like an aristocrat.

“Are you going to convert at all?”

“If you can.”

“Hmm… … . Do I have to go that far? It didn’t look like I was going to get into an accident.”

right.

Unlike Harriet, who teased me for being a paktong only with words, this one was rather a true paktong.

And I didn’t understand what the point of converting Ileion Bolton was, just as I didn’t understand Charlotte and Olivia’s intentions, so did Liana.

Even Ileion Boelton was taking it to mean that he was trying to remodel his mind because he might have an accident.

“Since we have nothing to do, do you want to do mental training for a retired man?”

“The other kids don’t know, but you don’t have anything to do.”

“That’s true, but… … .”

It’s annoying, but it’s still the same that I don’t get along with him!

“Depending on the circumstances, Lord Bolton may have to be reinstated. I am preparing for that time.”

Charlotte spoke instead of me.

“Lottery ticket… … ?”

“It means that he is being sent back to the captain.”

“… … Did you think I asked because I didn’t know the word lottery?”

“Do you know?”

At my words, Liana opened her mouth slightly.

this.

“Is it really that bad? What do you think of me?”

It seems like I was trying to pretend I knew it, but I couldn’t even find it.

no, why do you know?

But what are you

“You’re a lucky bitch who is comfortable with your mind and body because you met well.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Did you speak harshly?

Sparks begin to fly on Liana’s forehead, who had been silent.

– Quick! Paperweight!

“Do you really want to fight?”

“Do you?”

“Noisy! Why are you like children?”

Charlotte sighed, looking back and forth between me and Liana, as if it was pathetic to have a trivial argument while we were talking about something serious.

Riana tilts her head at Charlotte.

“But if you ask me, we’re still kids.”

That’s right.

But I am not a child.

No matter how you look at it, I’m not a kid.

“… … .”

“Why is your expression rotten?”

“no… … . I was all wrong.”

At my apology, both Charlotte and Liana’s expressions became bewildered.

Scratching like you’re getting older and wanting to beat this kid. I can’t even think of it!

“Why is the habit of saying things that you shouldn’t have to do still not be fixed?”

“I mean.”

I know? Why can’t I be an adult?

Is it too late?

“Anyway, to reinstate that old man? What are you talking about?”

“It is not confirmed. However, although the forces of the Church of the Ecliptic are over, there may be resistance from the Holy Knights of the Allied Command. Our goal is to turn the entire main denomination into a new denomination. It means that the process will be a little easier if Ileion Bolton, who will serve as the leader, can use the divine power of the Demon God.”

“ah… … . It’s like that.”

Liana slowly nodded as if she finally understood what it meant.

Ileion Bolton had no choice but to cooperate with me even if the popes were alive in the first place. However, by choosing Rowen, he was able to choose the option of converting the main denomination itself into a new denomination. Even if they reinstate it now, they won’t know that resisting me will cause a bigger crisis, so it’s okay to reinstate it right now.

But Rowen hasn’t failed yet, and if he fails and has to reinstate Bolton, then it’s only better that he fully agrees with the banner of the Holy Church.

Charlotte takes a sip of tea.

Her appearance has changed a lot from before, but she still feels her dignity in the way she drinks a cup of tea.

Looking at Charlotte, I feel that grace is a very subtle thing.

It seems to be similar to elegance, but it is completely different. Should I say that it is revealed subtly without showing off? If you imitate elegance and imitate it excessively, it will look rather ridiculous.

The person himself acts as usual without thinking, and it feels elegant.

Embodied elegance. That would be a grace.

If you look closely, you see something.

Do I have to say that my heart is getting stronger or something like that?

Anyway, is there such a thing?

“hmm? Your guests have arrived.”

How long have you been talking like that? The Duchess and Ileion Bolton have returned to the mansion.

Duchess Jelena de Granz.

And Ileion Boelton, the former Commander of the Templars.

“Hello Duchess. Long time no see.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Her Highness, the princess. The Demon King was also in awe.”

“Ah yes… … .”

Charlotte stood up and greeted me properly, and I hurriedly stood up and scratched the back of my head.

grace.

I don’t really know what it is, but I’m sure I won’t have it until I die.

“Did you come to see me?”

Illion Bolton looked at me and Charlotte with a hard expression, as if he knew the reason as soon as he saw it.

Okay, now is the time to get to the point. Charlotte looks at me.

“Reinhardt?”

“uh.”

As I looked determinedly, Charlotte smiled broadly and pointed out the window.

“You are out.”

“… … huh?”

“I think I’d be better off without you.”

“I’m also a person who packs while looking at a seat… … ! When you cover it, cover it… … !”

Liana is your friend!

Would I do that to Ileion Bolton!

Charlotte’s expression went cold at my protest.

“get out.”

“yes… … .”

eventually got kicked out.

* * *

It was a moment when they had to talk about something important, so Charlotte and Ileion Bolton stayed behind, and Liana and the Duchess left the mansion without realizing it.

And I was kicked out

Liana looked at me and giggled.

“Are you in good shape? Then why do you cut off the trust that you don’t have much by saying something you don’t have to do?”

“Isn’t it supposed to be that I gave up an important position because I trusted Charlotte so much?”

is not it?

“You know it didn’t look like that at all.”

yeah i know it’s not

Negotiation is politics. I don’t know much, nor do I like it.

I’m just grateful that Charlotte took over for me and thinks harder than I do.

hmm?

But if it’s like this, why am I here?

Couldn’t we just leave it to Charlotte?

Oh, I would have been sitting there if I hadn’t had a fuss with Liana.

It’s kind of strange to be a king who gets kicked out after being slandered by the regent.

Of course, that’s what I wanted, but it’s true. It’s true that you want something like that, rather than an excessively high-level relationship.

get out.

that was a bit too much… … .

I’ll definitely say I’m sad later… … .

I’m not just going to say it, I’m really going to say it… … .

Anyway, I had nothing to do until Charlotte finished talking, so I walked along the beach.

Me, the Duchess, and even Liana.

I didn’t know Liana, but I didn’t see the Duchess very often.

“The allied forces are marching again?”

“yes? ah… … . That’s right. We will be leaving within a few days.”

As you must have heard from Liana, the Duchess asked me how much I knew about the world.

After I went from being a daughter’s friend to a king, and after coming here, the Duchess treated me with respect.

To be honest, I never had a good impression at the first meeting.

Not only did she show dislike for her daughter, who hung out with people of low status, but of course, she invited Harriet alone to the breakfast table.

He was a very status conscious person and a very worldly person.

It is clear that the relationship with Duke Grantz, who is no longer in the world, was also very bad.

However, in the end, the Duchess of Grantz seemed to have undergone a major change of heart after the death of the duke.

He told her to reconcile with her daughter and avenge her father, telling her that the real culprit who killed Duke Grantz was not the Devil.

People change.

A snobbish person cannot be a snobbish person all his life.

A detached person may become a worldly person.

A person who was evil can become good.

A good person can become evil.

People change.

No matter how big or small it is, people are bound to change as they go through life.

Duchess Grantz has changed, I have changed, and Liana has also changed.

And neither Charlotte nor Ileion Bolton.

will change and change again.

“Are you going out like last time?”

“I think we will have to watch the situation for now, but I am not sure how it will turn out. If things weren’t bad, we wouldn’t have to fight. I’m not sure.”

“okay… … .”

At my words, the Duchess sighed.

It was a sigh of relief.

Only then did I get buried in my thoughts and realize something I hadn’t thought of at all.

The Duchess is sending her daughter off to war. It is a battlefield of death and terror, infested with hideous monsters. No matter how strong their daughter is, what parent would be willing to do that?

Even the more the daughter uses her abilities, the more her mind becomes impoverished. You will have no choice but to know that you survive the war and suffer from leaving the country.

As the Duchess, I would be the one who keeps taking her daughter to the battlefield.

He’s a person who can’t be happy.

I didn’t see it often, but the fact that the Duchess didn’t show it to me was enough to tell me that in reality she was a person who was very good at hiding her feelings.

A person who keeps sending his children to the battlefield… … .

What if it were me

If I have a child, but the boy’s friend keeps taking my son or daughter to the battlefield saying he needs their abilities.

I’ve returned safely so far, but I don’t know how long I’ll be safe.

I’m glad I didn’t get caught so far.

Liana is a very needed person.

Parents’ worries, sorrows, and fears must be turned away.

“May I ask why you let Lord Bolton live?”

I couldn’t help but be taken aback by that sudden statement.

I wondered if we were getting along just fine because we went for walks together, but wasn’t it at all? Liana’s expression hardened at the sudden words of the duchess.

“Did Ileion Boelton play some nonsense?”

I didn’t think he was a nobleman who would do strange things, but I can’t leave him alone if he did something like that unbeknownst to me.

“Not at all.”

The Duchess’s expression showed no emotion resembling any resentment toward Ileion Boelton.

“He’s not a good conversationalist, but he’s an honorable person with high-level insight, understanding, and consideration.”

I don’t know if it’s good enough, but I can feel that I respect Ileion Bolton enough.

So why are you asking if I didn’t kill you?

“Sir Bolton isn’t important, I’m curious about why you kept him alive.”

Was it a question completely unrelated to Ileion Bolton’s attitude or behavior?

That was a question aimed at me in the first place, not at Ileion Bolton.

“… … I didn’t think it was necessary.”

Since I didn’t kill like this now, I might find a new usefulness for Ileion Bolton.

At my words, the Duchess looked at me with a firm expression.

“Need… … . necessary… … you mean?”

Then he mumbles to himself and walks quietly.

how is the atmosphere

It seemed to harden.

“What are you going to do with the Empire when all of this is over?”

“Empire… … . Are you talking?”

“yes.”

The Duchess’ words made me feel like a stone was stuck in my throat.

Bertus killed Duke Grantz.

Riana wants revenge, and so will the Duchess.

Bertus was the imperial family of the Empire.

That’s why, of course, the greatest threat to the empire, the demon king, should have been kept in check, as well as the revolutionary forces that could shake the empire from the ground up.

That was Bertus’ justice, and it was something Bertus had to uphold.

Bertus had to kill Duke Grantz.

But the Duchess lost her husband, and Riana lost her father.

It was only natural that the two hated the Empire and Bertus.

such natural things.

Who am I and what should I do?

If it touches someone’s natural vengeance.

Where did the problem come from and who is really at fault?

If everyone is doing what they have to do, and you can’t blame them, all that accumulates is hatred, anger, and vengeance.

Maybe the world is fundamentally wrong.

“Will you hate me if I tell you that I will not destroy the empire?”

“How could you hate it more than now?”

Honest this guy.

“Some mom.”

“There are many things I am grateful to the Demon King for, but you know that I can’t help feeling this way.”

“… … It can’t be helped.”

“There is no need for you to understand that.”

“… … yes?”

“Why should you understand that I hate you?”

I couldn’t help but be a little dazed at the sudden sound.

“Why do you try to understand so many things when you are so confused that you can’t even predict your own survival?”

“… … .”

“Even the one who carries the karma of a country and countless lives, why would you do well to understand something?”

“… … .”

“You must hate those who hate you.”

The Duchess looks at me and says.

It wasn’t advice or scolding, but rather an irritating tone.

“You must kill the one who wants to kill you.”

“… … .”

“Is that all?”

I had nothing to answer.

“Sometimes you have to kill someone who doesn’t intend to kill you. There will be times when you have to hate those who don’t hate you and take the breath of those who don’t hate you.”

“… … .”

“It is the life of a king to kill, if need be, even the one who has loved you all his life and never had the will to betray you all his life. It is the life of an emperor to watch indifferently as the dying person dies in tears and sobbing with a face stained with a sense of betrayal.”

“… … .”

“Do you think there has ever been a person in history who became a king through mercy, compassion, and understanding?”

“… … There would have been none.”

“No country has ever been built in such a way as not to be taken away. Those who are not accustomed to taking can neither keep nor take.”

“… … .”

“Then why do you want to become a king as a human being?”

With love, with understanding, with mercy.

There can be no such thing as a history of uniting the world with such a thing.

Stealing to steal and building a mountain of stolen things.

A monumental tower of stolen goods is built, and those who become the greatest thieves in the world place a throne on top of it.

that is the country

If you put on a hat made of stolen gold and call it a crown, the person who wears that hat becomes a king.

If you steal a little, you are a thief, and if you steal a lot, you will become a swordsman and go down in history.

If he steals everything in the world, no one will call him a thief.

I, too, had already usurped Edina’s throne, which was the beginning of all of this.

I also started stealing.

“Those who deserve to be hated Those who only defeat those who deserve to be hated can become avengers or bandits, but they cannot and should not sit on the throne of dominion.”

okay.

It’s not about knocking down people who deserve to be hated.

It is to hate those who have fallen and make them worthy.

What is the king

History is like that.

Sometimes I kill people who love me and I have to calmly look at the betrayal in their eyes in the midst of death.

It is arrogance to try to become a king as a human being.

The Duchess is pointing out my arrogance.

Are you good enough to be a king as a human being?

How can you protect everyone by behaving so laxly?

that you

Can you protect my daughter if you only use her?

to be offended

“Maybe you can get a neighbor this way. But aren’t neighbors the most feared beings in the world?”

Neighbors can always be on our side.

But it was always the neighbors who took something away.

Neighbors are equals.

So a king doesn’t need neighbors.

To the king, all beings in the world must be subordinates.

As Bertus once said.

Such an arrogance that everyone under me is equal.

There must be an arrogance different from the arrogance of today.

You have to have that attitude.

Duchess Grantz looks at me.

“I hate you for not being cruel.”

She hated me not only for taking her daughter to war.

A way to keep the enemy general alive and let him live peacefully like this.

He pointed out the fact that Ileion Boelton might be useful because he kept him alive, but in the end, he didn’t keep Ileion alive because he was useful.

She doesn’t hate Ileion Bolton.

It seemed that my method of keeping Ileion Bolton alive was dangerous.

A king who takes his daughter to war would not like it.

However, a king who does not have the heart to properly kill his enemies, a king who does not intend to properly protect the country and who is swung around with kindness and integrity. If his daughter should live in that land.

The king would hate it more.

The war will end someday, but an indecisive and compassionate king will permanently endanger the kingdom.

“A king must kill harmless things. He would even have to eat his dog from time to time.”

This way of not trying to kill Ileion Boelton out of usefulness.

To not kill anyone who has not revealed this to me.

Trying to kill only the offended.

I didn’t seem to like the way my enemies only tried to kill certain ones.

Duchess Grantz speaks like a child.

“Do you intend to persuade the sheep inside the enclosure by saying that wolves and wolves roam outside the enclosure and that their appetites can’t be helped? Even if you don’t know if they are wolves in dog’s skin or not, you are going to bring them inside the enclosure, saying that they are safe because they haven’t revealed their teeth to me. Are you?”

The Duchess had no words to answer.

Ileion Bolton was not a wolf.

The Duchess knew that.

However, he doesn’t know if it’s a dog or a wolf, so he scolds me for letting him into the fence, saying there’s no need to kill him.

Then, one day, a wolf in a dog’s skin would be brought into the enclosure.

That’s what it says.

“That is the most dangerous tyranny.”

A king who generously gives death would be a tyrant.

A king who cherishes death too much is Amgun (暗君).

“Demon King.”

The Duchess kneels before me.

and desperately.

appeal

“Please be a cruel king.”

A king and a saint are different words.

If you try to become a king in the way of a saint, you won’t have anything and you won’t be able to protect anything.

Duchess Grantz begged.