Abandoned Retired Warrior Decides to Return to Farming

An uncomfortable tension lingered in the banquet hall.

Silence came, and the atmosphere of the banquet could no longer be felt.

“Come on, Aurelia. What do you think you should do now?”

No one moved, no one spoke.

The nobles on the first floor might not have heard of it, but the knights and Aurelia on the second floor were definitely responding.

Eyes full of hostility and malice were wary of me.

I looked around once in that situation.

In a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if someone’s neck was blown off with a single twist, the first thing she saw was Aurelia’s twisted smile.

“under.”

I smiled like crazy, but the eyes that looked at me were still cold.

“Cael, can’t you understand the atmosphere yet?”

She sighs in anger and speaks out.

“Or do you not believe me? The Demon King is coming here after breaking the seal. It’s only been a week and that damn bitch is coming with an army! Even if we all work together, why are you still acting like a child? Is it okay for all the people of the empire to die because of you?”

Aurelia’s words echoed through the banquet hall.

Thanks to this, the gossip on the first floor started to come to life again.

Most of them were worried about the Demon King and nodded at her words.

Well, there’s nothing wrong with just saying it. Besides, there was no Seonggun in that tone of voice that the people thought of.

The problem is that Aurelia was the one who brought up that word.

If she really looked after the people and put the country first, would she have come to this point?

“Aurelia, I don’t think you really understood the atmosphere.”

“What?”

“If you don’t know what to do, I’ll tell you.”

Finally I lifted my hips off the throne and got up.

However, her expression was still not bright.

Rather, he flinched and stepped back as if he had been hit by me.

“Hey, Kael. what are you going to do-”

“I beg you.”

“······What?”

“Villago, Aurelia.”

She doubted her ears and smirked at what she had just heard.

But nothing changed.

“Confess all your sins that day in front of everyone and ask for forgiveness. Aurelia.”

It started from the day he betrayed me 5 years ago and has remained until now.

Now is the time to quit.

“Cael. Are you serious?”

“Why, are you still joking?”

I continued to remember when I left this place five years ago.

“Really, I must have looked like an asshole for a while. I saw that I thought I would fall for this kind of refurbishment.”

Unknowingly, I laughed.

It was funny that she was going to go on like this so easily without saying a word of apology.

Aurelia wasn’t a complete fool like Serine.

I just don’t know how to apologize.

How many times in her life has she been on her knees to another person?

No, he wouldn’t have even apologized properly.

Because there was no need for such a thing in the life and status he had lived.

If someone told me to give me money or a title, I wouldn’t have felt guilty or needed an apology in the process.

Well, there is a degree to being shameless.

You said you missed me, and you thought that anything would be okay if I hugged you and whispered to you?

Did I really not know that those hands and mouths that used to throw me away will only hurt more if they come right now?

Then there’s nothing you can do I can only tell myself.

“Oh, come to think of it, Serin over there was lying on her face and praying.”

“Lord, lord?”

Serin, who splattered with sparks, looked back at me with an urgent voice.

When the nobles and knights heard my words, they turned their heads to Serin.

Some even looked over her body with a squint.

“Well, look what. Everyone wants to die!?”

She growled at those who looked at her with a hot face.

After pointing to her like that, I smiled at Aurelia.

“But Aurelia, you have to show more than that, right?”

“You, didn’t you hear me? This is not the time to joke around! Truly a demon-”

“Then you should beg more. You still don’t know where you stand.”

The appearance of the waiting room where we pretended to be fond, pretended to miss, and pretended to love was no longer visible.

He was just wrinkling his face with the look of a dog bitten.

“Why, I don’t know because I’ve never done it. What can I teach you?”

“Ka, Kael, wait a minute…”

“You won’t lose anything by learning. There will be a lot of use for it in the future.”

“Cael!!”

In the end, her scream, unable to bear it, resounded throughout the banquet hall.

His clenched fists trembled and blood dripped from his chewed lips.

I couldn’t find any more leeway in that figure, and I looked at her coldly.

“Kneel down, Aurelia. And vomit the truth in front of everyone.”

She looked into her eyes with anger, but it didn’t matter.

It was also said that there was no way after all.

In fact, she did not readily make a decision, as if contemplating.

He hesitated for a while as he repeated closing his mouth again after opening his mouth.

Will she ever admit her sin and ask for forgiveness?

Actually, either way doesn’t really matter.

No matter what choice she makes, she already has no intention of forgiving her.

I’ve come too far to turn back now.

She will have to pay the price for not only me but also for the evil deeds she has committed.

But nevertheless, I am looking forward to it.

If she sincerely apologizes here. I wonder if the day will come when I will forgive her-

“Mimi······.”

Her voice sounded as if she had just made a decision.

After a while, her mouth uttered words as if she had given up.

“Crazy bastard.”

Yes, I knew you would.

*

There was no more smile on Aurelia’s lips.

He approached Kael, who was a hogu 5 years ago, remembering him at that time, but her expectations were greatly missed.

He did not back down as docilely as he did then, nor accept her request.

When the calculation for profit and profit went wrong, she finally revealed her true nature.

It had been a long time since the mournful and lovely mask that I had shown to Kael for the first time has been removed.

All he wanted was a puppet to protect him, and he didn’t need anything more.

That’s why I gave up on Kael at the time and chose Low, who didn’t know anything.

“Cael, have you gone crazy? You dare despise the imperial family, even in this imperial family!”

Cursing spurted out of her twisted mouth.

My body trembled with a sense of betrayal.

I did such a love affair in the waiting room, but I can’t help but hit the back of the head.

‘By the way, Mary.’

The arrow of anger was also directed at Mary.

I’m sure Kael was expecting it, but this is a completely different story, isn’t it?

“Huhu.”

But, sitting at the table on the first floor, she watched the situation and smiled happily.

“Ugh. That year…”

There are many things I want to discuss, but now, Cael was the first in front of me.

From the looks of it, he didn’t seem to have any intention of obeying or getting out of there.

‘Are you seriously thinking of sitting on the throne?’

She knew that Kael was collaborating with Dimitri from reports.

So I had to check.

“Kael, are you going to turn me and the entire Dimitri family into enemies?”

“You are mistaken, Aurelia.”

After a tempo rest, Kael continued.

“You were the one who suggested we get married first. It is natural for me to sit on this throne in the process. All you need to do is sincerely repent and apologize. It means good luck in the future.”

“·················ogue.”

Aurelia’s narrowed eyes looked into Kael’s intentions.

‘…are you serious?’

It didn’t seem like a lie at all.

Sitting in that chair right now is like making the entire empire your enemy.

Without any justification or qualifications, the only people who would accept him would be his followers.

So I could understand what he was saying now.

Yes, I understand.

‘How do you deal with him?’

But it was just there.

That throne belonged to him.

Neither Kael nor Dimitri, nor anyone else, could give them a seat.

Even if the demon king was coming, it was that throne that he couldn’t give up on.

‘I’d rather break it down so no one can sit down.’

Even if there is a loss, it cannot be taken away, this was Aurelia’s conclusion.

But the problem was, there was no way to take it from that Cael right now.

Serin in the back and Cael in the front.

On the other hand, Aurelia’s side has neither Ashua nor Gerald, let alone Low. I can’t believe what Mary was thinking.

In the end, it was impossible to face him with all his might now.

Above all, he was drawn in because of the Demon King, so in the first place, he could not be expelled or killed.

“Joe, okay, Cael.”

In the end, whatever his request was, he had no choice but to comply.

“Your words. I got it.”

“Yeah, I got it, it’s good. Should I kneel then?”

But I couldn’t stand it, and for a moment I cried again.

‘That bastard is real!’

At the very least, he almost ordered the knights to kill him.

Aurelia barely calmed her excitement and resumed the conversation.

“Fufu. are you still saying that? I’m sorry, but I can’t listen to that.”

“Hey, are you kidding me? There are rumors that the Demon King is coming here, should I just go back?”

“Listen to the end of the story. ha.”

Aurelia sighed as she spoke.

I feel like I want to kill him right now. If it wasn’t for that bastard, the Demon King, I wouldn’t have called.

She continued to speak, holding her heart.

“I will marry you first. After that, I will apologize and hand over the throne to you.”

“·················ogue.”

“First, let’s solve the problem and talk about it. huh? Shouldn’t all this be meaningful to you to deal with that bitch?”

Aurelia spoke carefully to make it as persuasive as possible.

Hearing that, Kael closed her mouth as if thinking about it, and then nodded her head slightly.

“Hmm. Yes, there is nothing I can do.”

Then he passed the knights and came in front of her.

“All we have to do is make the Demon King not come here again, then give him the throne and apologize.”

“Yeah, so-”

“I’m going to keep my promise, no… I’m going to keep it. Aurelia.”

Having said that, Kael went down the stairs first.

Even though she finally moved away from the throne, her eyes were still on Kael.

‘Yeah, if only the Demon King disappears, Kael, you should look forward to it too.’

A fishy smile passed across Aurelia’s lips.

But Cael, who was going down, was also laughing at her.