The Returned Sword King Decided To Become a Tyrant



back to the past (1)

“hahahaha. Mandible.”

Take a quick breath in and straighten your posture.

The blade in my hand was broken in half and hadn’t worked for a long time.

I was used to the smell of blood that stung my nose, so it didn’t stimulate me at all.

At that time, a group of people appeared among the numerous bodies scattered in the Great War and the blood soaking the floor.

Knights clad in pure white silver armor.

It was the royal family’s guardian knights, whom I thought were my reliable allies until yesterday.

The fact that each of them were holding swords seemed to be filled with hostility.

And what appeared after that was various nobles and the culprit of all this. It was the Duke of Asus.

clap clap clap-

“Amazing. Are you still living that pitiful life?”

“… … Asus.”

Unknowingly, the sound of boiling phlegm comes out of my mouth.

The fishy taste rising up my throat in between seemed to represent my current physical condition.

Duke Asus brushed up his decrepit gray hair and smiled viciously.

“But even the sword king in the world can’t match this level of numbers.”

Sword King.

That’s me, the ruler of Esteban, the country of knights. It was a word referring to Allen Esteban.

I cut through the swordsman of the enemy country that was flocking to me, and built up my skills with their flesh.

No one on the continent dared to share the sword with me.

Esteban’s sword king was such a position.

But even so, one hand can’t stop ten hands.

Even more so if it had been poisoned and dealt with countless knights for several hours.

“Puhh. It looks pretty unfair.”

“why… … .”

“I understand. I couldn’t have imagined that it would cause such a rebellion.”

I didn’t believe it at first.

A loyal subject among loyal subjects who continued to assist under him at the recommendation of the previous king. Did he betray you?

However, the things that came out tail after tail clearly pointed to one thing.

Traces of long-standing betrayal.

-her… … .

Even the things that came out of the mansion and the secret safe he hid made me collapse… … .

It was the root cause of his drinking to soothe his dry mouth from anger.

-what!

It was right after that that I felt something strange.

Suddenly, the dagger that came out of the arms of the subordinate I trusted and relied on was aimed at me.

Countless memorizations flew over my body, which I instinctively flew.

And the sense of helplessness that came before I even understood the rapidly changing situation made my body dull.

– He drank poison! hit!

At the scream that came out of his subordinate’s mouth, a sense of tension that he hadn’t felt even after crossing many dead lines engulfed his body.

I tried to run away from the traitors flocking from all sides, but even that was not enough.

Thus, the situation gradually reached a catastrophe.

I can’t even remember how many articles I cut down.

It was to the point where I gave up counting at the point where I passed 100.

Even knowing that it would become irreversible, he swung his sword to survive.

In the process, smaller and smaller sword marks were engraved on my body.

It’s not just the swordsman.

Pain stabbed through my chest as if it had been cut with a knife.

It was a feeling that had not dulled even now, having already cut over a hundred numbers.

pop-

He broke the arrow that pierced his shoulder blade.

I couldn’t feel any sensation from the blood on my shoulder.

It had been a long time since even the palms that broke the arrows had already become rags.

“But I hope you don’t feel unfair.”

“… … .”

“Because this old man made this decision to continue the will of the deceased king, for the sake of the kingdom.”

Duke Asus shrugged his shoulders and began slowly approaching me.

Then, he pulled out the sword that was tied around his waist as if savoring it.

It was enough to see through the bloody tears that had turned red.

A royal treasured sword that went missing after the death of the previous king. It was Estera.

how do you do that… … .

The Duke of Asus spoke to me who couldn’t bear to ask and was out of breath.

“Ah, did you think the former king was lost?”

“… … .”

“It can’t be. I personally entrusted this sword at the request of the former king.”

It wasn’t that he was ignorant of the meaning inherent in the man’s words.

The sudden death of the king. The missing sword. And right now, to what appeared in his hands.

I shut up to my limit and barely opened my mouth.

“you… … dare… … .”

“Hmm. Premature guessing is not good. I was just keeping it for a while at the request of the previous king.”

“… … .”

“Of course, I was going to return it when the time was right for you, the king, but I couldn’t return the royal treasure until I became such a war-mad slayer.”

That I’m a war-mad slayer?

It is said that it is the will of the previous king who wanted to be reborn as a great power, and that there is no chance if it is not now.

Wasn’t it you who led the kingdom to war against the empire?

But my cry never got out of my mouth. It was because the body was blocked by the wizards standing in the rear.

Asus, who had come close to him, pushed his face.

in a low voice.

The knights standing around whispered in a voice too small to be heard.

“You stupid puppet. A son who trusted the enemy who killed him. Your father will be crying in the sky.”

My vision went round in anger and powerlessness.

“hehehe, should I tell you as a last gift? The very document I was looking for years ago, it’s still there in your old office. It was quite funny that I couldn’t even recognize the bottom of the lamp.”

Every time he breathed, clots of black blood spurted out.

Tears of blood flow from the eyes.

cool-

Blood stains Asus’s white uniform and falls to the ground.

But he didn’t care and just laughed.

“I pretended to be classy and condescending, but what is all this? It’s such a pity that it’s such an ugly end.”

“Ouch… … .”

“If the Emperor of the Federation Empire sees it, he will be very happy.”

regretted it

I should have noticed this before it happened.

no.

I was already aware of the fact that he was acting suspiciously by colluding with the Empire.

Even so, the reason why he hesitated to punish him was because of the fact that he was an old friend of his late father, and because of the sentence ‘rely on him’ written in his will.

“Take the throne well. I’m not going to say good-bye to an idiot.”

everything is my fault

Even if he hadn’t acknowledged the fact that he was such a guy and acted indecisively.

If only I had found the evidence of the corruption before he noticed and punished him.

Even if I just grasped the situation of the kingdom with my own eyes and ears.

This wouldn’t have happened.

People called me a war-mad dictator.

And this abominable Duke of Asus will become a saint who saved the people tired of the long war.

I couldn’t admit the fact that the blood of my knights and I had become the foundation for his wealth and fame.

I twisted my body with the last of my strength and charged at him.

“porridge… … female… … throw away… … .”

hooked!

“Tsk. Ugly until the end.”

Estera digs into my heart.

Only then did I feel the daggers digging into my chest disappear.

To be precise, it would be right that all senses are disappearing.

dump-

Dust rolls in and obscures the view.

The two eyes that could not bear to close widened.

Even at that moment, he was smiling.

I will kill you.

I will definitely kill you

If there is a hell, I will kill it a hundred times and a thousand times.

Holding on to the last remaining string of consciousness, I screamed.

Please give me one last chance to avenge me.

Hit that wicked dog’s neck and told the knights who threw them for me.

That way, I will no longer repeat the stupid behavior of those around me.

I prayed earnestly, remembering the existence of a god I had never believed in before.

As I thought so, I felt that my spirit, which was about to scatter, returned straight back.

* * *

“… … So, I found a candidate for an entourage suitable for Her Highness.”

I see a familiar ceiling.

A chandelier that dazzles the eyes. A statue of a knight adorned with brilliant five-colored jewels.

about 20 years ago.

It was the office I used when I was still a prince.

The statue, which I must have destroyed with my own hands in a fit of anger, was still intact.

‘Is it a dream?’

Was what just happened a dream?

no. That’s something that can never happen.

I’m obviously dead

I don’t remember it well because it was a situation that went back too urgently, but that one thing is certain.

It is so imprinted in my brain that it still makes my blood boil.

‘Then, is this the afterlife?’

I can’t believe it, but that was a possibility.

Did the afterlife really exist?

If I knew this would happen, I would have believed in religion right away… … .

I rolled my eyes to grasp the situation.

At that moment, a familiar voice came from the front.

It was an unforgettable, disgusting voice.

“Your Highness the First Prince?”

Hearing the sound, he turned his gaze in the direction he came from.

There, he saw the Duke of Asus, who would not be happy even if he was torn to death.

To be precise, it was the Asus of the days of the ‘Count’, with few wrinkles and still sparse blonde hair.

“Are you listening? May I continue?”

“… … uh. OK, go ahead.”

Is it because of the big trouble? It seemed that his personality had changed coldly.

Duke of Asus. No, the Count felt a sense of incongruity for a moment and tilted his head, then continued with the report again.

“The candidate for the entourage is the top graduate of the academy… … .”

I look around with the voice of Count Asus, which is disgusting to hear, in the background.

My hand is rough but still soft.

Interiors that evoke nostalgia.

Twenty years are young.

It is certainly.

Now, this space was a place that went back 20 years.

Undoubtedly, the current situation was more absurd than when the bastard rebelled.

Even if what had just happened was a dream, it would be absurd, and if it was the afterlife, it would be even more so.

What was certain was the fact that it was the Count Asus in front of me who had caught the clue to the current situation.

I said crossing my legs.

“Is the attendant’s name Nijörd Richards by any chance?”

“… … yes? How did you know?”

“Oh my.”

I shook my head and continued talking.

“And Nijord Richard is you. No, he must be a child who grew up in an orphanage you sponsor?”

“Ugh. That’s right. Have I ever told you before?”

“No way.”

It’s a funny situation.

This gives strength to the third hypothesis.

I waved my hands and leaned back in the chair.

“Keep talking.”

“Yes, I understand. Nijord also trained Viscount Herg… … .”

He must have entered the imperial palace after receiving a letter of recommendation from the viscount.

“Now, on the recommendation of Viscount Herg, I am affiliated with the Royal Palace Administration.”

And you must have proven your ability through 3 years of practical work.

“It also proved its ability over the course of three years… … .”

The words he will say in the future come to mind.

nothing more to hear

Nijord Richards 20 years ago. Because he was the attendant he recommended to me.

‘And I accepted it.’

Now that I think about it, Nijord Richard was the eye Count Asus had put on me to keep an eye on me.

Even at the end, I came to report every detail of my actions.

Did I become an idiot for knowing and acquiescing to that?

When I laughed out loud, I smiled on my own.

But it didn’t matter.

At least not ‘now’.

‘It’s fun.’

It’s really absurd, it seems like I’ve returned to the past.

That’s a long time of 20 years.

How could such a thing be possible?

I can’t even guess the cause.

I didn’t mean to say stupid things like that I didn’t realize it now.

However, I was just taken aback by the sudden situation.

I got up from my seat and muttered slowly.

“Count Asus.”

“So, Nijord Richard… … yes? Yes, Your Highness.”

“If you could go back 20 years, what would you do?”

At my sudden question, Count Asus said with a puzzled expression.

But a fleeting moment. He didn’t miss the twitching of his eyebrows.

“What is the reason for asking such a thing all of a sudden?”

“say.”

“Hmm. If so, I would like to receive a knight’s oath from His Highness the King.”

Oh, did you say that you gave up your knightly oath and inherited the family line?

You want to come and take the knight’s oath? Other than that, it seems like he’s saying things like that to make me look good.

Very touching.

Well, if it were me in the past, I would have been moved by those words of thinking about the royal family, but at least not now.

“okay?”

I pulled out the ceremonial knife that had been decorated on the wall.

Then, he slowly approached Count Asus and placed it on his shoulder.

“Uh, can that be?”

royal courtesy.

once on the shoulder. By bringing it to the head once, it is appointed as an honorary knight of the royal family.

king. Or the sublime consciousness that only one person can ascend to the throne.

And this, to the nobility, was more glorious than any other title.

Count Asus’ expression brightened.

“thank you!”

And I answered the Count, who was overcome with emotion.

“then. You should be grateful.”

squeak-

“Kyaaagh!”

Asus’s head flew through the sky.

Fountains of blood erupted from the body of the man who had lost its owner, staining the office red.

At the same time, a loud scream escaped from the mouth of the lady-in-waiting next to her.

Inside the office filled with the familiar smell of blood.

I muttered as I kicked the head of Count Asus, who was still rolling around with a bright expression on his face.

“It went well. Chew. ”