Chapter 197 – The Return of King Cylian (02)

The soldiers who stayed in the Duchy of Davin received two gifts.

One was to witness the return of the king, and the other was to witness the return of the missing priests.

The morale of the royalist soldiers, which had fallen to rock bottom, soared until the end, and among the soldiers who felt the need for temples and priests amidst the hardships and hardships, quite a number of them expressed their intention to take refuge in the temple.

“Honey.”

“Ah, our Karen.”

In the meantime, Sailian and Ms. Karen looked at each other’s eyes and tried to pass by, but Mr. Sailian suddenly came up and started showering Ms. Karen with kisses.

“Listen carefully, my soldiers!!”

Is it because of the [King of Flash] Trait?

Just as my voice resonates with the person I am interested in, the Cylian’s voice was conveying his will into the hearts of the royalist soldiers present.

“Keep in mind that my Karen is truly a hostess worthy of this kingdom!”

In fact, some nobles and commanders looked dissatisfied with those words.

They may have thought of greatly increasing their power through an arranged marriage to the Cylian who became king, but they probably did not know that upon his return, he would almost immediately declare Teacher Karen his wife.

If Sir Andre and Yujiro’s father hadn’t gotten involved with Marian and Inori, they would have been the first to suggest marriage to Sailian.

Of course, since I was with both of them, there was no need to suggest it to Cylian.

“Waaaaa!!”

The third prince who went missing returned with his wife.

For those who suffered from a longing for the king, to the extent that the royal family has disappeared and even trivial bloodlines such as the Duke of Davin are referred to as the royal family.

Wouldn’t it be doubly happy to have a new prince or princess back with the king?

“Loyal soldiers who follow the royal family’s orders!”

The Sailyan raises his sword and shouts.

“Let’s go home! Let’s announce that we’re back!!”

“Waaaaa!!”

Morale was literally sky high.

‘The soldiers who had come all the way here are naturally returned to the capital… Moreover, if they withdraw from here, they are effectively retreating, but they buried any reluctance or fear of retreat under the pretext of going home.’〈 Br〉

As expected, the king stuck his tongue out, saying that not just anyone can do it, and I packed my bags along with the heroines.

* ​ * ​ *

The rumor that the king has returned spreads first.

The rumor spread so quickly that more and more royalist soldiers came to visit or join the king’s march.

‘It seems like it was intentionally sprayed to some extent.’

In fact, Yujiro’s father was nowhere to be seen, and Saori’s mother had joined Inori at some point, and it seemed like she was the first to spread rumors about the king’s return using the power of the [Shadow Family].

There was news that the employees of the royal palace, who had been hiding throughout the capital, had come first and were cleaning the royal palace.

‘So, does that mean you were hiding to avoid retaliation from the communist faction?’

Or, they may not have been able to arbitrarily install someone like Sir Andre or Yujiro’s father as the king’s replacement until the king returned.

Anyway, thanks to that, when Sailyan arrived at the capital and entered the palace holding Teacher Karen’s hand, the palace had already been nicely rebuilt, except for a slight burnt smell.

Even in the temple, the angel statue that I had previously seen on my way past was moved to the entrance of the temple. Fortunately, even though the location was moved, the function to make a holy sword remained.

Of course, I have no intention of changing this wooden sword.

After a brief rest from travel and three days of preparation time, the old priest returned to the capital… No, Alfred, who had been a cardinal but was now a religious leader, announced to the entire country that he would hold a grand coronation ceremony for the royal family a week later.

The royal faction, which had barely managed to hold on after being isolated or retreating from the front line, seemed to be unable to trust them after the incident in which the Gingaming family and the former Duke of Davin misrepresented the king.

Originally, hopeful rumors spread quickly.

In particular, facts that people want to believe tend to spread more easily, so before seven days had passed, most of the royalist soldiers had gathered in the capital and were forming a long line.

At first, it was clearly around 2,000+, but now the total number of royalist troops that I can see is 10,000++.

There were at least 10,000 people, and if you include those wandering around the capital unarmed or partially hiding, it seemed like 10,000 would be enough.

‘Is this number the total strength of the royalists?’

The duke faction’s troops would have suffered a lot of damage due to the soldiers who had been attacked before, and considering that the Enclave was properly manifested, the number of soldiers would gradually decrease.

Instead, demons as powerful as the human sacrifices will begin to roam around.

‘Are we glad the priests have returned?’

Of course, as the number of applicants increases and Lord Alfred begins to teach them properly, the number of priests will soon increase, but for now, most of them are made up of priestesses from [Obligation Mass].

‘It is important to have a male priest or a female priest, but’

The real coronation of the Cylians would take place tomorrow at noon, when the sun would rise most perfectly overhead.

The Sailian, who was temporarily appointed as the [King of Flash] In a deserted place, is properly ascended to the throne in front of all the people.

As in the first route and the academy route, Sailian did not want to ascend to the throne until the duke faction’s rebellion was over, but he had to reassure those who were anxious due to the issue of giving the right of succession to the throne to his child, whom Teacher Karen was carrying, and the absence of the king. He gave in to the logic of doing so and eventually accepted the coronation.

And I, and the other heroines, were preparing for the coronation and were each moving to help.

Marian was ordered to guard Cylian in her palace in shifts with Sir Andrew, but she was escorting Teacher Karen at Cylian’s request for her.

To prepare for assassination, Inori was looking for each and every jewel of the devil world installed inside the palace, and was also investigating nearby houses to prevent the devil world from happening near the metropolitan area.

In response to her request to create a golem for rebuilding the capital, Melissa was manufacturing golems to be used as heavy equipment along with Golem No. 2 and the Golem Queen.

Alice must originally drop [Star Magic] In a place like a basin and take the impact back to her station to gain momentum and climb up.

Just as she sent her observatory into orbit with her father.

She said that if she wanted to go back, she would either have to find a suitable terrain and go back, or she would need two people’s [Star Magic] To go back regardless of the terrain, and the way to solve this was simple.

I just need to learn it.

‘I feel like I’ve been running away because I’m a bit embarrassed since that day… But when I have time, I’ll just find it and eat it.’

First of all, there were a lot of people gathered now and there was no need to urgently dispatch Alice, so I just told her to follow me quietly.

Of course, I wrapped a robe around the outside to keep the slutty outfit from being seen.

“Hmm…”

I check the numbers that reveal the current status of the capital.

10,000++ / 50+

Royalist soldiers, currently numbering over 10,000. And the duke faction’s troops were hiding in the capital.

It seems that the entire capital is covered, but I felt uneasy because the number of the communist faction was displayed for a while, but since yesterday, it has been fixed at 50 and there has been no change in the number.

‘It must be the number of spies, right?’

50 people was too small a number to do anything.

‘It’s clear that they will rush in to disrupt the coronation ceremony…’

From now on, if a large number of soldiers come, just send a signal to Alice and bombard them with [Star Magic].

‘But something… Makes you feel uneasy?’

This shitty third route has never been easy, so I couldn’t help but feel anxious.

* ​ * ​ *

Of course, the Duke faction wasn’t just stupid either.

They also had a reason to desperately prevent the return of the Sailians and the priests, so the 50 communist spies hiding in the capital had only one goal.

To kill the Cylian at all costs. And killing the leader of each faction located on the spot.

For that, the duke faction put their best foot forward.

“…I’m really going to be amazed.”

They were attacking with a fleet of airships so large that they covered the sky.

A bizarre airship as large as a whale and writhing like a living creature, and an airship belonging to the Duke faction that was barely floating in the sky and was attacking with a large number of troops.

‘That… Wasn’t it originally for an event used when raiding the metropolitan area on the rebellion route?’

There was no need to defend against that in the Academy route, but it was amazing to be in the position of blocking it like this.

If you were to ask Alice, who reads the constellations, how I didn’t discover something like that, I had nothing to say, because last night I took Alice to bed in a hurry to get the [Star Wizard] Trait.

Of course, I stayed up all night to fill the characteristics to 100%.

And currently, the affection level was over 5.0.

Tiriririririn…!

10,000++ / 1,300++

With the sound of the number of communist soldiers increasing, I slowly raised my mana as I watched the huge scale of the airship.

“Huh.”

What can I do now that I regret it? I just have to stop it from now on.

“Should we destroy it as much as we can before it comes?”

“Huh? Is it okay… ?”

“We can just crash it before it reaches the capital.”

I use [Shadow Mask] To cover my eyes.

“For now… Alice will help you.”

Now, I am the one who will use the star magic, and Alice, with thorough assistance, began to read the constellations engraved on my mask.

Covering the eye holes of the mask I was wearing with her own palm, I followed her hand and drew a path between the stars, finding the location of the stars in the created dark room.

“The star that can be brought down the fastest right now is…”

After completing the preparation for the magic, which originally took several hours just by having Alice do the calculations for me, I lifted the [Shadow Mask] And opened my eyes.

The star I would call was not a distant star, but the star that embraced me.

Her body her her her, a [Star wizard] And another [Star], Soars into the sky.

– Twin Stars –

– Two completed [Star Wizards] Can be used, with one becoming a [Star] And the other becoming a [Wizard] Guiding the opponent. It is not more powerful than regular star magic. However, it is accurate and the casting speed is fast –

As calculated in advance, her body settled in orbit, protected by [Star magic], And waited for my guidance.

“Come down. [Alice].”

Her her star her her her is her her her she and she is her her star her her.

True star magic and [Star wizard] Become a star themselves.

Quaaaaat-!

[Star Magic] Is not a meteorite that falls diagonally, but falls straight down from the air and shines so brightly that it can be seen even in broad daylight.

It split in the air and began dropping fragments toward each of my desired targets.

Star burst.

Alice, the largest [Star Magic], Fell towards a huge ship that looked like a living creature.

Tuhaaaaat-!!

The ship of the massive airship was torn apart and began to fall.

Tiring-

– Global event [Coronation] Begins –

– Goal: [King of Flash] Survival of the Cylians –

“Okay… Let’s get started!”