Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

43 – Extraversion. Hero’s colleague, Nia.

“Meet the Duke.”

Prio, the vice-captain of the Imperial Knights, greeted Shien.

” Sir Frio… ?”

Since he had been on a mission with the Imperial Knights during the war, he was familiar with Frio as well as the Imperial Knights who lined up behind him to some extent, but he couldn’t welcome him.

“What is it?”

Apart from the awkward title of Duke, a large number of the Imperial Knights – presumably all of the existing Imperial Knights – came to them armed with combat readiness.

The Imperial Knights were surrounded by more than twice the number of Holy Knights.

Seeing that the commander of the Holy Knights was also waiting with his hand on the scabbard, it was clear that Frio never came to deliver the good news.

“This is the order of His Majesty the Emperor. Please return to the Empire as soon as possible.”

It was not a difficult command.

I was planning to return to the Empire soon anyway, so I just need to hurry up a bit.

“Did you come all the way here to tell me that?”

If that was simply something to say, it could have been conveyed through a person from the Holy Land, or a member of the Hwangyeong Knights could have come.

There wouldn’t have been a need for so many people to come armed.

Of course not, Frio shook his head.

“Your Excellency, please get out of the way. We have business with that beast.”

“Yes… ?”

A beast.

This is a word that demeans beastmen among humans. It was a word that was extremely restrained since the union was almost broken when a beastman warrior killed a knight who called beastmen that way during the anti-demon king alliance.

By the way, in front of a beastman.

That’s how you called Nia, the successor of the Beast Man Alliance and my colleague?

“Sir Prio. What disrespect is this!”

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“Your Excellency, Count Darhan is dead. The families of Morph, Saradin, and Ctan were completely annihilated.”

“… !”

They were all familiar names.

Those who were together in the war against the demon king.

All four of them are counts of the empire, and one of them, Darhan, is even a master, so who killed them?

When Sien’s eyes were taken aback, Prio took the opportunity to speak.

“Why are they… “

“I am Suin.”

After saying that, Prio glared at Nia and said.

“Beasts have invaded the empire. We have received reports that the chieftains of each tribe are stirring up the entire empire to appease or kill the nobles, and that the main body of beasts has also started advancing towards the empire.”

The news was so sudden that Shien was taken aback and was speechless.

When she turned her head to look at Nia, she saw that her face was blue.

“Are you trying to claim that you didn’t know? Abominable beast.”

It was an overly radical expression to say to a fellow hero, but Frio continued without hesitation.

“Why did the four years come here together in the first place? He must have received an order to delay the return of the hero as much as possible.”

“Not so! I am… !”

I just want to be with Cien… !

Ignoring Nia, who couldn’t bear to speak behind her back, Frio continued to speak toward Shien.

“Your Excellency. Her Highness was also attacked. If Captain Giel had been a little late, she would have almost lost her life, even Her Highness the Princess.”

“What is that… !”

Imperial knight Riel shouted in bewilderment.

“Fortunately, an academy cadet passed the time by protecting Her Highness, and the captain who arrived in the meantime punished the chiefs of every tribe that attacked the academy, so Her Highness is safe. However, many guards and cadets guarding the academy died.”

Frio didn’t bother to say that among the students who died that way, there was also someone from the Constantia family.

After saying that, Frio Constantia drew his sword and aimed it at Nia.

“His Majesty, thinking of his achievements in fighting the demon king, decided to send the beast to the system for trial instead of immediate execution. So, Duke Duke, give me that b*tch.”

Before Shien could even give an answer, it was the commander of the Holy Knights who responded first.

“Imperial knight, insert your sword.”

The commander of the Holy Knights, Brahan, raised both his aura and divine power at the same time as he spoke.

“This is the Holy Land. Even an empire cannot sit idly by inciting an armed conflict.”

“Sir Brahan! The territory of the empire has been invaded by beastmen! Her Highness was also attacked!”

“Because I know that, I allowed you to set foot in the holy kingdom. But I can’t just watch them pull out their swords and run amok.”

Brahan turned her head to look at her saintess for a moment, read her saintess’ expression, nodded her head, and then said.

“Miss Nia is a guest of the saintess. For whatever reason, the Holy Land cannot harm the saintess’ guests.”

“Is the Holy Kingdom going to defend the prisoners!”

Prio gave up even the bare minimum of respect and screamed, and the Hwangyoung Knights all fired swords at once.

The Paladins also pulled out their swords and heard the sound of memorizing prayers here and there.

“Stop!”

It was the hero, Shien, who stopped the imminent situation.

“Sir Prio. Give me a moment, please give me a moment. Time to organize your thoughts and talk to your colleagues.”

Prio tried to say something more, but after seeing Shien’s expression, he gave up because he thought it would be impossible to convince him.

It is impossible to drag Shien by force.

If Shien protects Nia, it is also impossible to send her away.

In the current situation, turning the castle into an enemy is also not a wise choice.

After calculating up to this point, Prio said after organizing his thoughts.

“Then, Your Excellency, I will return to the system with Duke Pale. After thinking about it, please return as soon as possible.”

Rather than spending time trying to persuade Shien here, it would be better to return and slash as many beasts as possible.

Having judged that, Prio left his last words.

“Your Excellency. I speak for the sake of the Duke, not for that beast. If you want to save that b*tch, take her to the system where she’s being forced out, or whatever, and have her judged. That is the only way.”

Frio knew how much the Emperor cared for Shien, and he also knew that he would not kill Shien’s comrades.

I wanted to persuade Shien to let Nia run away.

If you do, His Majesty may change her mind and order you to find and kill her.

However, because of his personal feelings, he could not separate the relationship between His Majesty and Shien.

So Frio, who gnashed his teeth and said his last words, glared at Nia and left for the Duke of Pale.

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“A trial is a trial for what Nia did wrong in the first place!”

The reception room of the saintess.

Seria, the elf princess, said angrily.

“Nia didn’t even kill the imperials in the first place. Forced?”

It was the saintess, Ella, who appeased the enraged Seria.

“Calm down, Seria. Perhaps the emperor intends to regard all prisoners as criminals.”

“What? What is that… !”

“Haven’t elves ever been like that? Chadwick kingdom.”

Chadwick was a kingdom destroyed by the elves after the royal family kidnapped young elves, denied the crime and refused to negotiate.

“At that time we didn’t say anything crazy about punishing all humans.”

“But the beasts are united as one.”

“Ella! So you’re saying that Nia did something wrong?”

“That is not true. But I can understand the emperor’s position.”

Without a declaration of war, the elite of the beastmen invaded the empire and attempted to assassinate the princess.

This is no ordinary war.

The resentment won’t go away until one of the two completely disappears.

Ella knows about the Emperor.

At a young age of just over twenty, the emperor assassinated Duke Triel, who had been dividing power with the emperor for a long time, and dismantled the Imperial Diet.

Although he has the ability, he has no compassion, so he basically purges the opposing faction, but before that, he is an arrogant emperor.

He almost had the emperor’s sister assassinated inside the empire.

How will the emperor come out now?

“Perhaps the emperor will try to exterminate the beastmen.”

“What is that… ! To annihilate a species. Could that be possible… !”

“You really think so, Seria?”

The fact that the race itself became extinct after defeat in the war is clearly recorded in history.

The giants.

A race that was once one of the losers on the continent, but disappeared into history after the war with the dragons.

And those gathered in this room knew that the emperor of Arhan was a descendant of the dragon.

“I can’t tolerate it. I can’t tolerate Nia being treated as a criminal!”

It can’t be said that she has a good personality, but she was very fond of Seria as much as her colleague.

“I will tell her mother and make a formal complaint to the Empire. Ella. Will Seongguk join in?”

Seria asked Ella, expecting an answer of course.

Contrary to Seria’s expectations, however, Ella shook her head and said.

“Seria. I’m sorry, but that’s difficult.”

“Why!”

“It’s embarrassing to say this, but in fact, the Seongguk tried to interfere with the imperial throne in the past. Fortunately, the pope and the emperor negotiated a while ago and decided to leave it out of the question.

“Damn… !”

No matter how Seria was, she couldn’t even say that the Holy Kingdom and the Empire had to go to war for Nia.

“If only I had a viola at a time like this… !”

Seria remembered a trustworthy wizard.

A wise colleague who didn’t talk much, but who always gave good moves to her party, would have given an answer even in this situation.

“Shien. Let’s go up to the island with Nia. Please have mercy on Nia, and I will beg her Majesty.”

Imperial knight Riel said.

Riel was also in a situation where he was angry that the princess was attacked by beastmen and that nobles he knew were killed.

But she was also a colleague who shared life and death with Nia.

That’s why she couldn’t get angry with Chamania, and instead told Shien.

“Good luck! Nia is innocent!”

“Seria! That’s not important!”

“Then what is important!”

The two women started arguing, raising their voices, and Ella tried to mediate between them.

Only Shien and Nia were silent and thoughtful.

“Guys”

After a while, Shien finally opened her mouth.

“Let’s go up to the island first. Feha called, so I have to go up.”

“What? Then Nia… !”

“Seria. Please go to the Great Forest with Nia.”

“Shien!”

At those words, Seria’s expression brightened, and Riel shouted in bewilderment.

“His Majesty told me to bring Nia. But what does that mean… “

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Looking into Riel’s eyes as he said that, Shien said.

“Riel. This is not You know that Nia is innocent.”

“Shien.”

“Riel. Please.”

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To Shien who said that, Riel couldn’t bear to say anything more.

“Nia.”

Shien called out to his colleague in a low and friendly manner.

“I will go to Jedo. If it is true that beastmen invaded the empire, I will fight them.”

Nia kept her head down without saying anything.

If I had to pick the most confusing person in this room, it would be her.

Her own people invaded her loved one’s country overnight.

“One thing is certain, you are not doing anything wrong. I think His Majesty is a little agitated. After her excitement subsides, I’m sure she’ll reconsider. Because His Majesty is a wise man. So, Nia, she’s going to the Great Forest and resting for a bit.”

Seria was delighted with Shien’s decision, and Riel was displeased, but she did not object. Because she was also Nia’s colleague.

Ella also thought it was a wise decision.

It has been less than a month since the emperor received the elixir from the elves.

It would be difficult to wage war against the elves under these circumstances.

“Ella. Can you prepare a magic circle for the empire?”

“Yes, I will tell the priests and prepare them.”

“Thank you. Riel?”

“…Yes. Let’s go”

After that, the hero returned to the empire with Riel.

“Sorry for the delay, Your Majesty.”

“Shien, are you here?”

“… Sorry.”

“Apologize later. Sien. Can you ring that?”

“…Yes.”

And then, he cut off the gods of the beasts.