Chapter 255 – A Land Ruled by Dragons (3)

Aderange stole a lot of information while talking with the paladin. Paladins were precious beings in executive positions even in the Empire, and by that time, they would know about various news that ordinary soldiers did not know.

For example, that there will be a noble party celebrating the founding of the empire soon, or that it is difficult to be in charge of the guard there.

Upon hearing that information, Aderange suggested Do-jin to join the party disguised as an aristocrat.

‘No, I thought it would be real….’

Surprisingly, the empire invited all the nobles to their party. There was no need to send invitations to countless nobles who might be anywhere.

In the empire, there was a magic tool to confirm one’s identity with magical power, and all you had to do was use that magic tool to prove that you were a noble.

And Dojin had a skill that could control any kind of magic.

So, Do-jin joined the party, leaving Kanta alone, who could not play a nobleman or a servant.

“Whoops, owner- no. He is now a servant. Dojin-kun. Don’t just look around. Then you can get caught.”

“… Noisy. It’s the first time I’ve had a party like this.”

I’ve participated in a party held by an adventurer’s guild before, but… Back then, it was a battlefield rather than a party.

It was because there were a lot of guys who didn’t actually follow the dress code, but just dressed up as they were when fighting.

So, it was the first time I had a full-scale party like this. A party where only nobles gathered.

“Look at Miss Ruby, how calm you are. Do-jin must have been worse than Miss Ruby.”

Aderange said that and pointed at Ruby. Wearing a red dress as her aristocratic role as her, she held the hem of her skirt with one hand as if she was not very familiar with her dress as her, but she covered up the awkwardness with a natural expressionless expression.

So, it meant that Do-jin was the most unsuitable for the party right now.

Dojin was aware of that fact and stared blankly into the air. Then he slowly opened his eyes and looked around.

‘Anyway, is it arrogant? Is it that much confidence? .’

The Empire did not take any action against the characters participating in the party. A large visible weapon. So, Dojin’s magic sword and the swords carried by the escort knights were confiscated, but no physical examination was conducted.

So, it meant that there would be people in this party who would have brought small invisible weapons or menacing magic tools.

‘Is it possible to stop everything? Without doing any damage?’

Of course, there were dozens of knights dressed in armor in the party, but Dojin was confident that he could beat at least three to death with his bare hands before they stopped him.

And then, a nobleman with blonde hair truded from a distance. The aristocrat who walked there lightly ignored Do-jin, who was blocking his way, and lightly greeted Aderange.

“Miss-. Will you give me a chance to hear your name?”

“I’m sorry, but it’s because I already have an owner.”

“Oh, excuse me—Because you are so beautiful…”

The guy with a greasy smile turned his gaze to Ruby. Even so, does she think that if she is still young, there will be no owner for her?

The guy who immediately turned his head towards Ruby started flirting with Ruby as well.

“Little lady, does the young lady have an owner?”

‘… Should I kill him?’

Dojin thought so and looked at the aristocrat. The noble looked around him trembling as if he felt a cool sensation.

Just before the eyes of Dojin and her guy met, Dojin felt a force pulling him and turned around quickly in surprise.

When she turned her back, she could n’t believe that she had pulled Dojin, and the little girl was glaring at Dojin, exhaling her vicious spirit from her.

Judging by her huge hammer on her shoulder her, she must have been a knight too.

“Hey you.”
“… What are you doing?”
“Don’t splurge on living here. Kill it.”

She said that and warned her Do-jin, but Do-jin looked at her and nodded her head cautiously.

She did it because she knew nothing good would come of fighting here, rather than because she was suppressed by her spirit her.

Not to mention, isn’t she also a yard with unknown superpowers? She had no intention of testing with her body how much power her hammer her could wield thanks to that strength.

“I will be careful.”
“Okay, I won’t say anything if I get caught one more time.”

She said that and disappeared with her pink hair fluttering, and as she turned her head away from her, Do-jin slapped her on the cheek as it was.

Aww-!

“Oh, this kind of worm… !”

Just by looking at the aristocrat’s furious look, it was easy to understand why this happened.

Feeling bleak, the noble looked around and overheard the conversation between Dojin and the girl. So she must have realized that the trembling she felt was because of Do-jin’s life with her.

As an aristocrat, a guy with a nose soaring to the sky would not have dared to endure the fact that an escort or something like that sent life to him.

“Without this quirk! Garbage!”

The noble said that and continued to slap Dojin on the cheek. Jjaak – Jjaak! The sound echoed through the party hall.

The sound that resonated for a long time stopped shortly after, but Do-jin snorted inwardly as he saw the aristocrat pretending to gasp.

‘Does it hurt?’

He would think that he hit Dojin’s cheek with his hand his, but it was impossible for Dojin to hit Dojin’s cheek his, which was harder than some cast iron.

So, in fact, it was closer to Dojin hitting his palm his with his cheek his. He must have stopped beating me for a while because only my hands hurt.

“Apologize!”
“Sorry.”
“That’s not enough! Get down on your knees and apologize!”

At the aristocrat’s words, Do-jin secretly looked at Aderange behind him. Seeing Dojin’s gaze, Aderange stopped the nobleman and said.

“My escort must have made a mistake. Apologize instead.”

“Ha-Mademoiselle. I’m going to end it like this because I see your beauty. If you dare to try to kill a noble, it’s something that should be apologized by beheading!”

“So—didn’t I say I apologized?”

However, Aderange did not dare to forgive even more rudeness. She breathed life into the noble and met his eyes her with hers.

The aristocrat, faced with the bloody life of a vampire who had brutally hunted humans for hundreds of years, was incomparable to her feeble lifespan that Do-jin had sent.

“All, you….”

“You didn’t come to the party today. Right?”

“Yes, yes-yes. I didn’t come to the party today….”

“Then let’s go. Do not dirty my eyes and mouth any more.”

As soon as those words were finished, the noble moved quickly and left the party. Seeing him completely disappear, Aderange apologized to Dojin.

“I’m sorry. I thought it would be like this…”
“No it’s okay. It’s not that painful.”
“I will apologize later. Miss Ruby?”
“… Yes, Sir Etalin.”
“What are you looking at?”
“Nothing.”

Ruby stopped looking at the aristocrat who was quickly running out of the party and looked ahead again.

She remembered the smell and the look. All of that

* * *

After a while, the party started. It was called a founding party, but it was nothing special. It was all about nobles building friendships with each other and presenting gifts for the emperor at the end.

The key was who made the gift the emperor liked. It would have been very easy to raise a title as long as it caught the attention of the emperor.

Then, the emperor of gears appeared.

“The Eternal Immortal Sun- His Majesty the Emperor enters!”

Everyone in the party bowed their heads and paid respect to the Emperor’s appearance his. After a while, the emperor seated on the throne raised his head and said yes- Do-jin, who raised his head, could see the emperor’s face his.

‘… Aren’t you a woman?’

Surprisingly, the emperor this time was the empress. I wondered why this fact hadn’t spread.

The emperor let out a yawn as if he was very bored, and ordered them to come with presents while proceeding quickly.

The nobles scrambled to the throne, carrying presents, fearing that the bored emperor might turn away.

“This is beyond that continent….”
“Ore that grows thousands of meters underground….”
“Here comes the skin of a young dragon….”

However, despite all the gifts, the emperor did not hide his bored expression. And it was the turn of Do-jin and his party, who had come to find out what the emperor looked like.

Before Aderange came here, she handed out a cheap jewelry she had bought from a street vendor in exchange for a fairy tale. A dirty gem that would be more appropriate to call it a stone rather than a gem.

Aderange, who didn’t want to see the emperor’s face any more and didn’t care if the emperor was angry, added a lie.

“It is a gem that has been around for thousands of years. Of course, it holds as much mystery and power as its history.”

“… Come closer.”

Aderange, who had thought he would kick him out with a light beckon like the others, approached the emperor with a slight surprise inside.

The emperor began to whisper something to Aderange, who approached me, but the distance between them made it impossible for Do-jin to know what the two were talking about.

All he could tell was that the emperor was sticking out his finger in the direction of Do-jin.

And then, the emperor exploded his madness.

“Ahahahaha! Good! Didn’t you say Aderange?”

The emperor, who burst into laughter at her madly, gave her her reward.

“Come to the woman’s room in a little while.”

It was a very large reward that no noble had ever received before.