Chapter 114 – Chapter 12

After the King’s proclamation, the party began in earnest.

However, in addition to simply eating and enjoying a noble party, the heads of each family or those equivalent to them gather to exchange important information and negotiate.
Eating and enjoying is what happens after that.

“What do you all think of His Majesty’s words?”
“Why worry? The Medelgard Church said they would send the Purification Knights.”
“With the power of the Order of Medelgard, which specializes in fighting the undead, we can greatly defeat the kingdom of the dead, so we must seize this opportunity. So, I’m trying to sell some art pieces to my family. Can you introduce me to a good merchant?”

Some nobles struggled to find a way to earn money for this war.

“Umm… Anyway, isn’t half a year too soon…”
“That’s right. Due to the civil war and the undead crisis, it won’t be enough to stabilize the interior and build strength for at least a few years.”
“I agree that we should attack the kingdom of the dead, but I think the timing is too soon.”

The nobles, who see farther than immediate gains, are worried that the time to attack the kingdom of spirits is too short.

“It seems that His Majesty is trying to drain our power.”
“Despite the attack by the nobles of the Rusian Arkenel family, the kingdom of the dead won the victory. Since then, time has passed, so the power must have been strengthened by turning the dead into undead.”
“There’s the Purification Knights, so we’ll probably win. But there’s a high chance that we’ll win only after receiving a lot of damage.”

The nobles, accustomed to conspiracy, conversed with each other, thinking that this war was a plot to drain the nobles’ power.

Although the nobles were divided into three categories, they had two common opinions.

1. There is the Purification Knights of the Order of Medelgard that specialize in fighting against the undead, so you should be able to win.

2. Lillian, who will become the lord of the territory thus obtained, will spend her entire life fighting at the forefront of the kingdom of spirits.

‘While the two masters are fighting against the kingdom of the dead to protect their territory, we recover our strength and take possession of the territory with black soil.’

The king promised several concessions to the nobles under his command in order to win the civil war.

However, if the power of the nobles became stronger, the royal authority naturally weakened, so the power of the nobles had to be reduced somehow.

Who would follow him if he cut off the nobles who were openly on his side?
Therefore, the king gave the lure of the Purification Knights and induced the nobles to fight against the most powerful kingdom of the dead by giving up their own money and soldiers.

‘It has grown in size as a result of its victory in the civil war, but it still needs time to properly bear fruit. If time passes and you can make fruit through the newly absorbed territory, you will recover in a few years even if you suffer a lot of damage. Now is the best time to turn off the power of the nobles.’

The people will be harmed by that, but it is a common perception among ‘noble blood’ to think that strengthening royal authority is thousands of times more important than that.

Meanwhile, even though the party started, no one came to say hello, so Akina was left alone.

In terms of her beauty, she would not bow down to Lillian, but because of her 2m tall body, no one paid attention to her.

Perhaps she herself was familiar with this situation, she casually sipped her glass and looked at Lillian and Priscilla, who were surrounded by aristocrats.

“Count.”
“…Huh?”

That’s why she reacted one beat late to the voice calling her.

“Kaisent? Do you have any business?”
“No. There’s nothing like business.”
“But why me…”
“Even if there’s nothing to do, it’s a party to laugh and enjoy.”
“…”

Akina stared blankly at Kaicent’s figure, which was barely reaching her own waist.
It was because Kai Sent was the first person she had ever talked to without any business.

“I just want to have a conversation… Did I interrupt?”
“Oh, no, no. It’s fine.”

When Kai Sent lowered her head slightly and looked up at her pitifully, she replied hurriedly, then glanced away at her.

“Keukssuk…Why did such a giant woman…”
“Are you threatened? Are you being threatened?”

In addition, countless young ladies were openly making jealous expressions as they looked at Kai Sent and herself.

‘The other girls at the party are jealous of me.’

Akina felt superior for the first time since she was born with her younger daughters jealous of her for monopolizing her kai cents.

I thought that she had reached Origin and had matured mentally by crossing many battlefields, but she gave me a vulgar but primitive yet thrilling pleasure to see girls younger than her envying her for taking Kai Cent to herself.

“I think I talked to the captain earlier, but did you know each other?”
“How much do you know your captain?”
“I know that she is the princess of a kingdom that was destroyed by the kingdom of the dead.”

Kaicent checked the faces of the two people who were having a serious conversation from a distance, and noticed that Akina knew Lillian’s identity.

‘Have you informed Kaicent that you are a princess? You’re trying to tie it properly.’

Akina understood that Lillian gave such important information with her strong will not to lose sight of Kaisent.

“I also found out that your captain was a princess through various investigations. That’s why I’m saying this…”

She thought for a moment before opening her mouth.

“If I say this, it seems like I have become the most hated conspiracy ship, but I have to say this much.
“I know.”
“Let’s say that if things go well, part of the kingdom of the dead is recaptured and given to the princess. If that happens, we will not be able to rest for the rest of our lives and will continue to fight day and night against the kingdom of the dead to regain the territory.”
“I guess so.”
“You have been favored by the princess, and I understand that you are trying to repay the favor. However, it is difficult with your current abilities. All talents must have a strong foundation in order to move forward in a straight line.”

Kaicent nodded to Akina’s words.

Although she herself knew that her talent was unusual, she was afraid of fighting and did not even bother to learn how to fight effectively.

If she had only learned martial arts to protect herself from her father or sisters, she would have flown around without taking a single victim when fighting cultists serving foreign media.

She has powerful internal skills, but does not know how to use them effectively, and has excellent talents, but does not know how to fight efficiently.

“Still, I will be with the princess.”
“…Whoa. Fate always prevents you from getting what you crave.”

Bemoaning her cruel fate, Akina desperately rolled her head.

‘If Kai Sent is sent like this, this child will die by the kingdom of the dead without even being able to blossom his talent, or his foundation will be weak and he will not be able to blossom greatly.’

It is a blessing in this world that such a good-natured and talented child grows upright and her talent blooms.

‘By accepting the king’s proposal, the princess became a half-kingdom’s equivalent. Then…’

Akina concocted all sorts of ploys to get Kaicent to build her foundation somehow.

Arriving at Origin, she has a more advanced brain than others, so she can’t get Kai cents, but she starts looking for a way to build at least the basics.

‘This is it.’

A method that was possible because Lillian was not just a mercenary leader, but a semi-regular army with a foot in the kingdom army.

“I’ll just have to go.”
“Yes?”
“I remembered something to propose to the princess.”

Akina tried to move her steps towards Lillian, who was surrounded by various nobles.
But she looked down at something pulling her pants,

“Are you leaving already?”
“Uh, huh?”
“I was happy to meet Count Akina after a long time…”
“I’m sorry…”

She said that she expected to meet her, and she felt a strong sense of guilt at Kai Sent’s downcast appearance.

“Then… Then… Let’s stay a little longer.”
“Yeah~”

Kaicent, who was able to be with Akina like that, started chattering about something good.

‘Cute! To the point that I want to bite it! It’s so cute that I want to hug it! Shall I take him like this and make him my adopted son?’

She thought of the image of Kai Sent, who had become her own adopted son, running towards her with a cute smile while saying “Mother”.

‘Stomach… Dangerous! I feel like my facial muscles are going to loosen up with happiness just by imagining it!’

Count Akina acted as a strict mother and lord to both her children and her subordinates.

But whenever she sees Kai Sent, instead of being strict, she feels like a delicate woman.

It is thanks to the power of her lineage that Kai Sent has, but Akina herself thinks that it is because Kai Sent is so cute, and she has no external factors that she could not have imagined.

In particular, Kai Sent, who has cuteness and naughty charm while mingling with various women, has been able to temper even her wariness.

She must have a strong dislike or hostility in order to get out of that attraction.

“Count.”
“Uh, yes.”
“What do you usually do in the estate, Count?”
“There’s no particularly interesting story… Just training soldiers and knights and patrolling around the territory…”
“Still, sometimes unusual things happen in such daily life.”
“Unusual thing… Come to think of it, one of the knights got drunk and vomited unsightly during training…No, that…Sorry. It was a very dirty story.”

Akina was a knight, warrior, and lord respected by everyone, but because she was, she had never chatted like this with anyone.

In particular, she has been huge since childhood, and her ability to make small talk is devastating as she is unable to meet friends her age.

“Why is that knight drunk?”
“Huh? Uh… It wasn’t much of a surprise. The knights were just making a penalty bet…”
“The knights do that, too, surprisingly.
“It’s not like that. This world comes from many dimensions, so there are many kinds of drinking games. Among them…”

But Kaisent had greased her chattering abilities, which squeak like they’re rusted out.

‘Uh? Am I chatting with this kid right now? Isn’t it just a matter of giving and receiving?’

When Akina came to her senses, she found herself happily sharing her small talk.

‘It’s my first time. I’ve never had such a comfortable conversation with anyone other than her children.’

With her little boy leading her like this, she felt a strange feeling and felt her heart warm.

I don’t know what that feeling is yet, but what is clear is that I want to continue to feel this feeling.

“You seem to be having a good conversation.”

As we were chatting without realizing how much time had passed, Lillian suddenly intervened.

“If you become friends with the nobles, you will feel comfortable in many ways, so why don’t you come and chat more?”
“Hoho. I see a big fire fox bewitching my precious comrade.”
“You don’t have to worry. The princess’s companions are not strong enough to be bewitched to the point of being a fire fox.”
“That’s why I cherish it.”

The two women were smiling at each other, but they were exchanging sharp conversations like knives.

“Anyway, that’s great. I was going to visit the princess anyway.”
“Me? I thought the business was over earlier.”
“I also realized it while talking to this child.”

Akina smiled at her Lillian.

“Come under my command, Princess. I will train you for half a year.”

*                           *

“In the end, the humans revealed their ambitions, my queen.”
“In this world, a church specializing in fighting the undead is sending something called the Purification Knights.”

A dark space where no light can be seen.

In the audience room, which had a bizarre shape due to the combination of the contradictory interiors, vampires dressed in luxurious costumes were reporting to the vampire woman sitting on the throne.

“…”

The vampire woman seated on the throne looked expressionless and gracefully crossed her legs at the reporting vampires.

Her high-ranking vampires, who knew about her, noticed her troubles.

“Queen. I know that you feel guilty towards the people of this kingdom.”
“…”
“However, they have trampled on the Queen’s attempts to communicate again and again, claiming that the ‘accidental’ mass outbreak of undead is our side’s conspiracy.”
“That’s not even funny! If we made up our minds, it wouldn’t have ended like this!”
“That’s right! They’re blaming us when there’s a problem because we’re quiet!”
“I heard that there are vampires other than us in this world!

When a high-ranking vampire expressed his resentment, other vampires sympathized with him.

Vampires, including the queen, found out late that the war with the kingdom of Lucy Arkenel was caused by a misunderstanding.

After all, both sides have a royal family they need to protect, so by the time they regain their composure, they have already annihilated the other side.

The queen, who had destroyed a kingdom due to a misunderstanding, took great care of the surviving people of the Kingdom of Lucy Arkenel while feeling guilty about it.

Fortunately, there was something called black soil in this kingdom, so it was easy to get food.

This was the reason why no one died of starvation even though artificial clouds were created throughout the kingdom of Lucy Arkenel for most vampires who could not live in sunlight.

“They trampled on our hands and spat on them as we tried to talk. And now they’re blaming their problems on us and wielding their weapons. It’s time to act.”

The Queen expressed her condolences over the incident and tried to explain her situation to the kingdoms around her.

However, they pointed their fingers at them as wicked Undead and gave them the dishonorable name of ‘The Kingdom of the Dead’.

In addition, even if envoys are sent, they mistake it for an attack, and then attack indiscriminately without listening to the situation on this side.

Due to these circumstances, the vampires who initially wanted to coexist with humans, atone for the tragedy of Luciarkenel Kingdom, gradually became angry, and there were those who wanted to subdue them by force.

“Please make a decision, my queen.”
“Please make a decision.”

When the reporting vampire bowed down and demanded a decision, other high-ranking vampires also demanded to deal with the situation with one voice.

“…I don’t know how strong these Knights of Purification are. So, let’s defeat them head-on and show how strong we are.”
“Yes!”
“We will show humans our power!”

All the vampires responded enthusiastically to the queen who ordered a counterattack with a clear voice that was hard to believe was that of the undead.

‘Done! The plan so far has succeeded!’

A high-ranking vampire with a stylish beard and a sharp impression, Durak cut off Sea Make, unknowingly clenched his fists in cheers.

Because it was his work that sent vampires to the realm of Harlot Kingdom and made them undead.

No, to be precise, it was a collaboration of several high-ranking vampires including him.

‘If I wanted to, I could create an undead on a scale that could easily swallow the Kingdom of Harlot. But if that happens, the queen will try to find out who did the trick.’

That’s how their conspiracy would have been discovered.

‘To the humans, it had to be seen as our doing, and to the Queen, it had to look like we weren’t. It was hard to find that balance, but it worked perfectly.’

The high-ranking vampires, who had not done anything but became victims of anger again, reached the limit of their patience when they heard that even the paladins of the church specializing in fighting against the undead were coming.

To be honest, he also expected to retaliate from the Harlot Kingdom, but I didn’t know that he would dare to go this far.

Even in the kingdom of Harlot, which was devastated by the civil war.

‘King Harlot must have a different goal. Or sick. But it doesn’t matter what the target number is. After all, I’m going to destroy Harlot Kingdom anyway.’

And they will create blood relatives in the expanded territory and greet the second revival in the new world.

‘People in this world don’t know about our blood magic. And we figured out the weapons of humans. We have to take advantage of this.’

As Durak and other conspiring vampires smiled and left, the queen, left alone, quietly opened her mouth.

“Sirin.”
“Yes.”

Her armor behind her moved at her call.

“You too participate in this war.”
“Yes? But I am escorted by the queen…”
“In order to induce humans to quickly surrender without resisting, we must show overwhelming strength.”
“…Yes. Order, I will obey.”

It is a decision made by the queen who was calm in the original world, but moved passively as if the destruction of a kingdom as soon as she came to another world due to a misunderstanding remained in shock.

‘Sorry, humans. But in order to save as many humans as possible, I will become the worst killer this time.’

In the original world, the strongest knight who was called the Knight of Regret by numerous enemies and made the countless enemies who attacked the kingdom scream, moved to join the front line at the Queen’s command.