Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

26 – 25.

“I’m sorry Duke, but I think Jim will have to go.”

“Oh, yes. I’ll be on my way too.”

Noticing the serious atmosphere, Duke Roset said that he would leave for now and moved away.

After moving to the office with Minister Dia, I requested a detailed report.

“It is said that people from the Edelwein side were together at the first meeting between the envoys and the king of Daman. Since the King of Daman was being manipulated by a person who identified himself as Edelwein of Lordaeron, the Duke of Pale cut his throat on the spot, and the battle began as a signal.”

Lordaeron Edelwein.

Is that his name?

“When the battle began, the Duke of Pale rushed to Lordaeron Edelwein, and Lordaeron Edelbein responded by dragging Duke Pale into the barrier.”

“After that, outside the barrier, the forces of the Pale family and the union of Edelwein and Gyor fought.”

“Gyor?”

“Yes, it seems there was one more master among the knights who escaped with the Grand Duke of Gyor.”

Ha, I thought he ran away with knights who were at most expert level, but was the master hiding?

“So, how was the enemy’s strength?”

“There were three masters and one mage.”

“Three masters and one mage… “

That’s enough power for a decent kingdom.

Considering that right now there are only two masters I can move privately, Giel and Frio, it was an absurd power.

“Duke of Pale’s lieutenant Han Pale slashed one of Edelwein’s Masters early in the battle, so at least he was able to avoid annihilation.”

“He did a great job.”

“While the battle continued outside the barrier, the barrier was broken and the injured Duke of Pale escaped, and at the time the order was issued to immediately retreat, fifteen survivors lost seven more in the process of escaping from Daman, and reached the Holy Kingdom. When I did, there were only eight people left, including the Duke of Pale and Lone Pale.”

“Eight… Of the two hundred and one envoys, only eight survived… “

The Pale family’s swordsmen sent as messengers are all experts and the elite.

Of course, it’s fortunate that there are survivors considering that I’ve dealt with as many as three masters and mages, but it still hurts so much.

“I could never have imagined that an all-out war would be launched right away… This is Jim’s mistake.”

When I thought of their methods so far, I thought they would manipulate the King of Daman this time to cause a diplomatic dispute, or attack the envoys with only the troops of the kingdom.

To be honest, it’s hard to say that I was complacent.

That’s right, didn’t you send the Duke of Pale?

Who would have expected that Duke Pale, one of the strongest masters on the continent, would suffer near-destruction damage, except for the standards such as the hero or the grand duke.

“You said that the Duke of Pale was injured, but that Lordaeron Edelwein was that strong?”

“Yes, that is. Since the Duke of Pale said that he would report directly to His Majesty about Lordaeron, I have not found out anything. Sorry.”

Hearing that, I had no choice but to harden my expression.

“I dare to report directly to Jim.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Apparently, it seems that Duke Pale found out the connection between Lordaeron Edelwein and the royal family.”

How did you know?

The most likely thing is that he said it himself.

“Minister. Will Duke Pale resent me?”

“That is… “

In fact, if you think about it rationally, the possibility that Duke Pale will resent me or have animosity for this is not high.

The fact that Arhan sent him back to life happened long before ‘Laios Arhan’ was even born, and the relationship between me and Duke Pale is not so light that it can easily fall apart.

However, Pale lost almost all of the best members of his family.

Can the Duke make a rational decision?

Along with Shien, he was the Duke of Pale who helped me the most to get to where I am now.

I felt much more afraid of the fact that my relationship with him could become farther than the political repercussions that would happen if I fell out with the Duke of Pale.

“Chief of the Chamber. Come in.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Dia seemed taken aback by my appearance of calling the chamberlain out of the blue, but right now it didn’t really catch her eye.

“Go to Vigo immediately and bring me the best wine. Five bottles, no, about ten.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

When the chamberlain left, Dia looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“Your Majesty, no way… “

“Minister. He said that the duke is now in the holy kingdom.”

“Your Majesty. Please think again. His Majesty’s visit to the Holy Land… “

“Minister.”

When I lowered my voice to speak, Dia stopped talking.”

“Tell the Pope that I will visit the Holy Land to see the Duke. This is the emperor.”

“Your Majesty… “

Dia called for me to reconsider her words once again, but I didn’t have the heart to change my mind.

“… I understand, Your Majesty. If so, can I tell you when you are visiting?”

Scarcely after the words were finished, the chief of staff knocked on the door outside the office.

A sound was heard.

“Now.”

I put the liquor brought by the chamberlain into the subspace and immediately prepared space magic.

The magic circle surrounding the islands suppressed the activation of space magic, but

“Do not disturb.”

The magic circle that protected the island willingly followed the master’s command.

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Tak.

In the middle of the Holy Kingdom.

As soon as I showed up without any warning, all eyes were on me.

At the same time, I felt a dignified yet warm, somewhat worried look from the sky.

“I have come to see my servant. Please be assured that I have no intention of harming the Holy Kingdom.”

I tried to keep it quiet so that the people around me couldn’t hear it, but Kiriya withdrew his gaze as if he had fully understood it.

After a while, paladins armed with pure white armor ran towards me.

“Intruders do not know who they are… !”

One of the dogs, a seemingly inexperienced young knight, drew his sword and shouted, but was stopped by what appeared to be a senior knight.

“Where are you from?”

It doesn’t make sense that even if I’m a holy kingdom that doesn’t care about my status in the world, I can’t feel anything when I look at my clothes.

“I am from Arhan.”

A young man from Arhan.

Black hair with purple eyes.

The most gorgeous conquest with black accents.

“… I see Your Majesty the Emperor.”

Seeing the paladin lowering his head, I opened my mouth again.

“Guide me to Duke Pale.”

“… Yes.”

Guided by the paladin, I moved to the building where the Duke of Pale was being treated.

“How is the state of the duke?”

“I don’t know much about him except that he was seriously injured.”

“I see.”

As I led the Order of the Holy Knights, who had rushed to respond to the intruders, like an escort, I moved toward the duke’s location.

One of them ran to report somewhere, and the eyes around me were still focused on me, but I didn’t care.

The place I arrived at was the White Temple.

It was like that in the Holy Kingdom as a whole, but it was a space where you could feel exceptionally strong divine power.

‘There must be a reason the demon king never directly attacked the Holy Kingdom.’

Even if he was a demon king, he would not have been able to use his power properly if he was in the Holy Kingdom.

Even if Kiriya herself doesn’t step forward, wouldn’t the saintess, who is her representative, be able to face the demon king alone, at least in the Holy Land?

It existed even before the empire was formed, and it was like a holy country whose main base had never been captured.

“This is it.”

With a small nod, I moved into the temple.

“Who are you looking for?”

Then the man in the priestly uniform responded in a familiar way.

Aside from me, there seemed to be quite a few people who came looking for people to be treated.

“I’m here to see Duke Lone Pale.”

“Lon Fail… Ron Pale… ? Excuse me, but what is your status… “

From my hiccups and stuttering attitude, I seemed to have noticed who I was, but I was happy to answer the priest who asked me as if I was sure.

“The Emperor.”

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“Your Majesty… !”

As I was heading to the room where the duke was said to be, some familiar people stood up with their injured bodies and tried to be polite to me.

“Don’t get up.”

Some of them were people I knew from before, and some I saw for the first time on the day of the envoy’s launch ceremony, but they were all Pale family swordsmen.

One of the dogs crawled up and knelt in front of me.

“God Han Pale, meeting the worthy and legitimate master of the empire. Because we were not enough, we couldn’t fulfill His Majesty’s orders… “

“Stop.”

It’s not your fault.

It’s my fault for not expecting Edelwein to turn out like that.

I should have sent more masters.

There were many things I wanted to say, but none of them had anything to say in a place where there were so many eyes, so I silently raised Lone Fail.

“I am not here to rebuke you. I want to see the duke, where are you?”

“The head of the household is in the innermost room.”

“Okay. I will go see the Duke for twenty thousand, so you guys can rest in peace.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

As Pale said, I headed to the innermost room.

I ran into priests and paladins a few times along the way, but they didn’t stop me.

As soon as I arrived at the innermost room, I could see Duke Pale, whose entire body was covered in burns and bloodstains.