Chapter 708 – After the Occupation (1)

─Aaaaah!!! Aaaaa!!!!!!!

When the screams of a man I had never heard before shook the entire castle.
Dieffenbachia and Rex were able to guess the outcome of this struggle.

The king we served dies.
The ritual of celebrating a hundred years ended in failure.

-Beat it!

Rex is swung by her spear and her body is thrown to the floor.
Dieffenbachia’s spear approached and stopped between his eyes.

-Rattle.

Just before it pierced his body, his entire body spread out from exhaustion.
The tip of the halberd trembled.

A terrifying roar from afar brought out joy and sorrow and made me hesitate.

King Molyeong.
Swallowed by that emotion, he cannot move his hands or feet.

The screams get louder and louder. A man’s desperate screams were also heard.
The army of shadows that had been oppressing the legion disappeared in an instant, as if they were retreating into the sunlight. The noble soldiers lost morale and fell to their knees. Dieffenbachia’s legions could not finish them off either.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the magic field rising into the sky.

Perhaps the two kings are intertwined and their crowns are merging into one.
Although it was impossible to see the terrible sight, the winner was as obvious as fire.
There was no way they could forget Lee Si-heon’s voice, which they had heard and seen over the past week.

Here, a new king is born.
Who will rule this tower from now on? The nobles who realized it with their bodies threw away their weapons and shed tears.

Rex, with his eyes on the tip of her spear, also whispered.

“… Ah. Duke. Sorry.”

The drenched tears soaked the old man’s beard.
Rex gritted his teeth and lowered his head as he heard the sound of an ending coming from far away.

“I am… “You couldn’t achieve your dreams.”

Diefenbachia looked down at the old man who had started to cry like a child, mocking himself, and sneered bitterly.

“You were competent. “Just maintaining the tower without friction for all these years is something worth respecting.”

Dieffenbachia was not the only one to enjoy the support of its subjects.
As the Duke’s right-hand man, Rex also spared no effort in alleviating the worries of his subjects and helping them lead as prosperous lives as possible.

“If I were in the position of a king, the kingdom would have collapsed in an instant.”

Rex did not spare his life for national affairs.
So he was mistaken.

“I thought it was because I really loved my subjects… “In the end, he did it because he loved a girl.”

Rex’s frozen eyes look upward.
He had a face that couldn’t be more different than this.

“… Girl? “You know what the Duchess is.”
“He was a good person. There was no one better than us. However, my wife also loved me too much.”
“You went too far? Are you saying that in a human guise? The reason why you can be there is because of your generosity!! You can say whatever you want because your mouth is open. “Is that what you mean by opening your legs to a man like that?”
“Do not insert your personal feelings into state affairs. That’s what your wife always said. But what happened? Wasn’t the Duke the one who died after distorting the ordeal to hasten the ceremony? The same goes for you. At least the subjects of the kingdom should not have been touched.”

What she wanted to protect was the former king’s will.

Save your subjects from the discrimination and tyranny of countless trees. Protect it.
We could not force them to sacrifice for any reason.

“At the end. The former king said he wanted to die as a human. This is a story that also appears in children’s books. But look what you did.”

Like a monster, he lost his senses and tried to slaughter his subjects and soldiers at random.
It was the former king who wanted the ritual, but even if he did, did he really want to be resurrected in this way?

“… “Shut up.”

Dieffenbachia’s face distorted with sadness at Rex’s words.
No matter how much we split up, we are colleagues who have been together for a long time.
She raised her weak hand and lifted her spear.

“I will do the work entrusted to me by the former king. “No matter who you serve, that doesn’t change.”
“Fucking bitch. I wonder how long I’ll be trampled under that ugly bastard’s feet and cry like a pig. “Do you think that guy won’t go crazy?”
“… “I just have to stop it.”

Dieffenbachia, whose expression did not change even in the face of any insult.
Rex looked at her like she was going to kill him, his eyes hardening with her contempt and her hatred.

Jet black breastplate. The light flowing within it was noble white.
Underneath her dark-black helmet was a beautiful woman who did not fit into the army.

Dreaming a dream more pure than anyone else,
A romantic who tries to follow that path.

Dieffenbachia swung her spear.

-Slap!

A cross section is engraved on the old man’s neck. His hair is flowing.

‘It is true that the man decides the life and death of the prisoner.’

Just in case something goes wrong, I handle it myself.
It was also the mercy of a colleague with whom I had worked for a little while.

-Thumping.

Dieffenbachia looked down at Rex’s helpless body and had a question.

‘… How. ‘What made you like that?’

Love.
The weight conveyed by words was not that heavy.
Emotions with large differences are usually like that. Like loving someone and sacrificing everything? It was normal for sad stories like those passed down through word of mouth not to resonate.

Dieffenbachia, which has changed generations, is still young.

I’ve never had her heartburn or anything like that, I guess it’s just something like that.
Even if you think about it, you can’t come up with an answer.

‘Done. There’s a lot to do…’

Swishing her halberd and shaking off the blood, she turned on her feet and faced her legions.
Now all that’s left is to settle the situation while waiting for the king’s birth.

-Jump, jerk.

The Dieffenbachia’s face as it passed Rex’s body resembled that of a kitten left alone.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

A day has passed since the ritual failed.

Yesterday was confusing and noisy.
I, exhausted, was discovered by the Legion and taken to the kingdom.

I don’t remember much, but I was wearing a crown and getting bruises.
It was because the emotions he received from killing King Mokryeong were too great.

‘Still, it’s a shame how I overcame it.’

When I first encountered its power, I knew what would happen.

Well, now the crown has been restored.
There were several problems, but they were all resolved.

Considering what was going to happen outside, it was right to go down right away.
Right now, I was thinking of taking a few days to fix the tower.

-Smurf.

When he opens his hand, materials of appropriate size are piled up one by one in rows and rows.

The subjects erupted in cheers at the modern building that was built in an instant.

“Wow!!”
“Your majesty! Hurray!! “Long live!!”

Is this the one that bows down and accepts me or something?

If there’s a magician with a lot of magic like me on the construction site, it’s no different from eating raw that day.
Thanks to the countless buildings built overnight, I was able to stop worrying about my home.

I spoke to Taeyang, who was standing behind me with all my magic power.

“Sun. “Are you sure you’re asking the king to do this?”
“Then who else will do it besides you?”
“… “Quickly build a school and teach magic.”

It’s not that there are no wizards in the kingdom. Most of them were people who turned their backs on me.

Is it natural that relatively high-ranking nobles could afford to learn magic?
For your information, some of the nobles who betrayed me committed suicide, some were executed, and some were forgiven for their sins by taking an oath of loyalty to the kingdom.

The ones who committed suicide were the wizards I just mentioned and those who were close associates like Rex.
The ones who were executed were the corrupt people who committed harsh acts on the middle bridge.
Nobles who became soldiers of the noble army by order belonged to the latter group.

Killing them all was an option, too. Who will be the one to adopt the hard-line approach not long after taking over the position?

The really ugly guys made up any excuse to kill them.
Those commonly referred to as inspectors and nobles who were obsessed with their own interests were dealt with thoroughly.

Corruption is something that needs to be tackled first.
Once a certain level of structure is established, it is difficult to get rid of the nobles who commit corruption. The reason was that chaos was coming to the country.

However, it is different when building from scratch.
Normally, it would have been possible to purge those who would have had to endure it for the rest of their lives all at once, so waiting for the ceremony was a gamble worth risking their lives.

Now this tower was clean.

‘No matter how you look at it, he is a slave, not a king.’

I use my magic and look around again.
As if from earlier, it was strange that I saw Dieffenbachia not taking her eyes off my magic.

“Dajeong-ah.”
“…”
“Dajeong?”
“…”

No answer.
I clicked her tongue and called her back.

“Commander of the Corps.”
“Yes. Is there a problem.”

Such a foolish son of a bitch.
This guy doesn’t know that the more he denies it, the more he wants to bully him.
If I had accepted the name Da-jeong, I would have lost interest.

“I just thought it was interesting. “I tried calling you.”
“… I’ve seen many houses built using magic, but this seems to be my first time seeing a building of this style. “Is everyone living under the tower in buildings like this?”
“I used to live like this a long time ago. “I don’t know why you guys still live in the countryside.”
“Okay. “There will be a lot to adjust to once you get down to the bottom of the tower.”
“But Dieffenbachia.”
“Yes.”

I glanced at her.

“Didn’t you say you had no business serving me?”

Dieffenbachia closed her mouth and took a look around her.
Once she was sure no one had heard me, she let out a sigh filled with fever.

“Your majesty…”
“Hey.”

I can’t say anything because of my pride. However, it is impossible to run away with an army.

It’s not your place to decide whether you serve me or not.
Moreover, Diefenbachia, who felt a great sense of responsibility in his position as a corps commander, could never escape from me.

“If you apologize for your previous rudeness, I’ll move on.”
“… Tsk.”
“Or pack your bags and go down the tower alone. “Like I said last time.”

Eyes filled with gloom can be seen in the helmet.
Other people could only see the helmet. It’s a really lame situation that only I can see it.

“So?”
“Your majesty.”
“Why do you call me Your Majesty? “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t serve me?”

The guy’s fist was shaking.
Pride is extremely strong. In times like this, there was a way.

“I guess chivalry is dead.”
“!!!”

Corps Commander, if you touch this guy’s dreams, you will be scratched.
Dieffenbachia, whose face turned red and blue, clenched his fists and begged me in a shaky voice.

“… Sorry. Your majesty.”
“I heard that even the corps commander can be changed.”

Dieffenbachia’s face turned pale as he scratched it slightly.

A position as a corps commander that he has held for his entire life and has the stain of a proud mother on it.
Is there anything more shameful than being passed over to someone else?

But chivalry always gets in the way.

“Your Majesty… If you think there is someone better suited to be the leader. “I, I, I.”
“Tsk tsk tsk tsk. Where can there be a talent like you? Corps commander, do this for the rest of your life. “By my side.”

The switch goes up.
But here, there were a lot of eyes from people around me.

Dieffenbachia is the practice of not acting harshly in public, no matter what happens.
The guy gritted his teeth and muttered.

“… Yes. Thank you your majesty.”

I really like the king.

I can feel so carefree now that I have no worries.
There was a lot of work, but it seemed like a few days would be enough if I stayed up all night working.

What is the increased sexual desire…
There is no choice.

-Tuk.

I hug the waist of Da-jeong, who is standing next to me. Put your hand inside his armor.
When I rub my slightly damp belly button, my face hardens with humiliation.

“Your majesty… “It’s difficult in a situation like this.”
“Then what about night?”
“I am a knight. It was not done to help His Majesty with his nightly work… Aren’t there many ladies who want to sleep with Your Majesty?”

Even Diefenbachia himself knows very well that it cannot be avoided.
Under my sly gaze, the girl inside the helmet became tearful.