The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

6 – Beginning of Fall, New Champion

About a week had passed since the conversation between the princess and Bill.

In the meantime, the princess held an appointment ceremony to appoint new warriors as promised.

There, of course, the Knight Commander, Bill, was selected as the next hero.

“Bill. I appoint you as a warrior from now on.”

“Thank you, Princess. As a warrior, I will bring peace to the empire and infinite prosperity to the imperial family.”

As soon as Bill was selected as the next hero, he revealed his aspirations to everyone.

I’m not going to seal the demon king like the previous hero, I’m going to kill him for sure…

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Many of his servants shouted loudly at his bold aspirations.

“Ohhh…!!!”

All the servants welcomed Bill.

Because he said he would become a warrior for the cause now.

His concern for the safety of the empire and his loyalty to the prosperity of the imperial family were beyond fault.

Because of this, all of his subjects praised him in unison for his warrior-like appearance without missing anything.

“Knight Captain Bill… no, hero, Bill. I believe in you.”

And the princess also ardently supported Bill.

Bill willingly became a warrior for the cause.

There was no choice but to have a great deal of trust and liking for him, who moved to defeat the sealed demon king and to restore the honor of the imperial family.

“thank you…”

And Bill bowed his head and said thank you for the trust of the servants and the princess.

I will definitely repay that expectation…

He swore to defeat the demon king and bring prosperity to the imperial family.

On the face of it.

‘As planned.’

Although he put on a kind expression on the outside, he couldn’t help but smile on the inside.

Because right now, this situation was going as he wished.

Becoming a hero, being supported by many servants and the princess, was a situation he desperately wanted.

‘The peace of the empire and the prosperity of the imperial family are a piece of shit.’

Bill became a warrior to dedicate himself to the peace of the empire and the prosperity of the imperial family.

Unfortunately, however, Bill wasn’t trying to subdue the demon king for the sake of the cause and the prosperity of the imperial family.

The reason why he wanted to subjugate the Demon King was because of a very personal desire.

‘With this, I can become emperor… If I use the reputation of a warrior…’

It was to become the emperor himself, which was Bill’s purpose from the beginning.

That’s why he became a hero like this and is trying to use his reputation.

Because the reputation of the hero who defeated the demon lord and the hero who saved the world cannot be ignored.

He had a different mind from the start.

‘This is an opportunity…’

For him, this situation was such a great opportunity.

Bill always had the ambition to become emperor, but there was no particular opportunity for him.

But, now. Now that the demon king was sealed and the position of the hero was absent, I thought this was a very important opportunity.

If you do well here, you will definitely have a very valuable opportunity to become an emperor…!

‘Whoopoo, stupid bitch.’

And it must have been that young princess who made this possible.

If the snarky emperor had still maintained his position, there was a high possibility that he would have stopped breaking the seal itself.

If so, Bill would never have come to fulfill his desire.

However, the princess was too easy.

He was still politically too young to be quick to fall for his flattery.

So it was very easy to use.

You probably believe in yourself to the core by now.

Without the slightest doubt…

‘I will take over the imperial palace.’

Anyway, thanks to the princess coming out like that, all the plans were able to start.

I must move fast forward.

Now that he could use the princess, he would quickly become the emperor.

‘Well, I’ll have to defeat the demon lord before that.’

Of course, those things were only after defeating the demon lord.

Defeating the demon lord was the first priority right now…

‘But well, it won’t be very difficult anyway.’

However, Bill did not see this problem as difficult.

He believed that he could easily deal with the demon king who was sealed by the former hero Rag.

Bill believed he was much stronger than Rag.

That would be the case, because three years ago, Bill had beaten Rag.

# # #

A week since I came to town.

I didn’t do much for a week when I returned to my hometown.

He was living a leisurely life by talking to the villagers, working at the blacksmith’s house, and reading books in his spare time.

Oh… And again, these days, I’m spending my time watching over my younger sister Lili’s swordsmanship, just like now.

“Haap…!”

Lily vigorously swinging her wooden sword in the air.

It was me who had been watching her swordsmanship for a while.

It’s lonely to train alone, so please come with me or something…?

I didn’t have anything to do, and it was my sister’s request, but I didn’t even listen to it, so I’ve been following it like this these days.

‘You said you wanted to go to the Royal Academy…?’

Why is Lili so hard at swordsmanship?

That means he wants to go to the Royal Academy like my childhood friend Arne…

However, he said he was practicing swordsmanship to enter the academy with swordsmanship because he was not good at magic like Arne.

I’ve been looking around for such a long time.

“Whoa… Oppa, how was it with me wielding swordsmanship?”

During a short break, Lili put down her wooden sword and ran to me.

He seemed to want to hear an objective evaluation of his swordsmanship.

“Hmm…”

Lili’s swordsmanship…?

I didn’t look closely, but I could tell without looking closely.

“You seem to have a lot of talent…”

Lily is truly very talented.

To be honest, as a warrior, if I had to tell you my opinion, even now, after only one day of training, I think I could easily pass the Royal Academy.

Is it because he’s of the same blood as me…?

In the first place, it seemed that Lili had considerable talent as well as I was good at handling a sword.

Of course… it’s a bit lacking compared to me who was a warrior, but anyway, even if you’re at that level, you can hear the sound of a genius anywhere.

“really…?!”

“yes.”

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My words made Lili very happy, and I reassured her.

Lily doesn’t know, but my opinion as a hero is quite accurate, so you can trust it with a level of 99% reliability.

“Then oppa. Can I become the knight commander?”

Lily seemed very excited about my words.

And soon he brought out the word ‘Knight Commander’.

“Knight Commander…?”

“Yes. The one who handles the best swordsmanship in the Empire. Can I be?”

Certainly, the knight commander is known for being the best at handling a sword.

Among humans who do not use magic, the strongest person, the most outstanding person in terms of pure sword prowess, was the leader of the knights.

Lily asks if she can become as strong as a knight leader…

“Um… I think it’s possible if I train for 5 years?”

I thought for a moment and then replied.

First of all, in my opinion, it was definitely possible.

If you have this much talent, I think 5 years will be enough to reach the level of knight leader I know…?

I only spoke the very exact truth.

“Pu… ah… but that’s impossible. Oppa gives me too much attention.”

However, Lily smiled as if my words were a joke.

Apparently, Lily didn’t believe me.

“No really…”

“Okay. Okay. Eh… That’s how I feel today. I’ll make you a delicious dinner.”

Even when I said it was true, Lily didn’t believe it either.

Well, from Lili’s point of view, who doesn’t know about her past as a hero, she might think that her ordinary brother praises her without knowing anything…

What’s wrong with that?

Anyway, I was very happy to hear that he would prepare a delicious dinner.

‘It reminds me of the old days…’

That’s how swordsmanship training ends, and Lily and I are on our way home again.

On the way back, the word ‘Knight Commander’ reminded me of the past for a moment.

“At that time, I had a duel with the knight commander…”

The day I was taken away by the emperor and chosen as a warrior.

At that time, I competed with the knight commander for the first time.

It was really embarrassing even thinking about it now.

“Did we just draw then…?”

Because I was a boy who had never held a sword before.

That day, when I was subjugating the Witchbeast, I grabbed the sword for the first time, and that was all.

In addition, at that time, the understanding of a duel was lacking.

“Because I didn’t know anything about duels…”

I didn’t know the rules of the duel, and I had to subdue the opponent without killing it in the first place…? I had no idea what the hell to do with it.

Well, in the end, because of that reason, I couldn’t even fight properly.

There was a memory that I ended up getting a draw by the referee’s decision while blocking the knight commander’s sword.

Of all my memories, it was the most embarrassing one.

“I thought I was pretty strong after that, but…”

But that doesn’t mean I’m saying that the knight commander is weak.

To be honest, he could be considered a strong man.

Certainly not many humans could beat him.

I… I was just a little special.

I was a bit out of line and strong.

“I don’t know…”

Of course, I don’t know if this fact itself is my pure delusion… but.

Because I couldn’t kill the Demon King and ended up sealing it.

Anyway, that was my view of the knight commander.

‘But… Come to think of it, I originally said that the leader of the knights was going to become a hero, right?’

However, thinking about the knight commander, there was another thing that came to mind.

It was true that if I hadn’t appeared, the original Knight Commander, Bill, would have become a hero.

‘What would happen if the knight commander became a hero and met the demon king…?’

If that’s the case, if I hadn’t appeared, I’d have to fight the knight commander and the demon king I sealed away…

I thought for a moment about what the ending would have been if that had happened.

‘It’s… there’s no point in thinking about it…’

Honestly, it was too obvious.

If that were the case, the world would have perished long ago.

When I think about this, I think I did well to become a warrior.