Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

54 – Part 2 Episode 10

“Ah, come to think of it, Your Majesty. Where is Marquis Audas?”

Though he was demoted from his title and confiscated his territory in exchange for his rebellion, Shien was still a marquis.

But Fried asked me if I was puzzled because I didn’t see him here.

“Shien left to carry out my secret orders.”

“A secret name? Ah, as a punishment.”

“Well, it doesn’t mean that there is no such meaning. If it weren’t for Shien, he wouldn’t have anyone else to take on the task.”

“Yes? Ah. Is Sir Giel on another mission?”

“That’s true, but it’s a mission I can’t entrust even to Sir Giel.”

“Even Sir Giel?”

In Fried’s opinion, there were very few missions given to Giel that could not be resolved.

Loyalty means loyalty, ability means ability.

Aren’t you a person who doesn’t miss anything?

“This mission involves the Black Swan.”

“Ah.”

There are empires and kingdoms on the continent, but not all belong to a nation.

Those who are not loyal to any monarch, wander across the continent at will, or settle in a place that is not the territory of any country.

The personality and scale are all different, but they all have one thing in common.

It’s so strong that even the state can’t touch it.

Precisely, if you fight, you can win, but the damage is big.

Though not.

Typically, the black swan, which is always included when choosing the five strongest masters on the continent, was a free man.

“I ordered Shien to find the black swan, defeat him, and recruit him into the academy.”

“If it’s a black swan, that’s good enough.”

Duke Pale, who was listening from behind, nodded.

The Duke of Pale added that the day before, when he headed to Daman as a Shinigami, he received a challenge from a black swan and fought and won.

“If Giel leads the Imperial Knights in an attack, it would be enough to kill the Black Swan and his disciples, but I won’t be able to recruit him that way.”

“You’ve had a fight with him recently. How was it?”

“If you ask about his skills, he was definitely strong. I won at the time, but the gap wasn’t big, and I’m on the top line than Giel. Even if you stick with Peltz, you should be able to have a good fight.”

“Jim wants to put him under his command.”

“He deserves it. Are you trying to recruit them into the academy?”

“Yes. Didn’t Jim say that sooner or later the academy would be a place where anyone would volunteer to join? Coincidentally, Black Swan had many students, so he thought he was a good fit to be an instructor at the academy. Of course there are more reasons. On the continent I envision, there will be no more free men. Starting with the black swan, free people should be added to the pack one by one, or if they resist to the end, they should be erased.”

“Hey, a black swan is an instructor. It is luxurious.”

“Isn’t it? You can also go to the academy if you want.”

When I said that, Fried replied with a straight face.

“Your Majesty, this is the Marquis. Marquis Grepa. Didn’t you say you would give me the throne again?”

“What is the importance of learning? Aren’t you, after all, the bottom line of the Black Swan?”

“If you look at the stage, it is the same, but if you compete, it will be different.”

Well, Fried, you’re armed with the finishing-grade swords you got from me, so you’ll have to win.

If you win with just one sword, you will hear that you won with a sword difference.

That’s not my skill, but in the first place, Fried’s identity was not a knight or a swordsman, but an aristocrat, so he just had to be strong somehow.

“Anyway. Jim will put his heart and soul into the academy for once. Facilities and instructors. So that nothing is not the best. If those who graduated from Jim’s academy become leaders of their respective countries and give their allegiance to Jim, what could be more ideal?”

If the previous academy was simply to train my royal guards, the new academy will be much larger.

Nobility, royalty. A talented commoner.

I still raise commoners without background as my royal guard.

The nobility and the royal family make the empire yearn for them with a blow.

Of course, you won’t be full from the first drink.

Unless it is Chamber or Heon, if I accept Zer and Anon’s heirs, they will use what they learned at my academy for their country.

But how long will it last?

I will remain on the throne even if the current kings die, and even if the heirs of their heirs die of old age.

So, there is no need to be impatient.

Slowly, little by little.

In order to achieve continental unification in the true sense of the word, not a continental unification that will collapse the moment the empire weakens even a little by simply suppressing it with force.

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“I consider it, Your Excellency Marquis.”

Guided by the Hwangyoung Knight, Shien arrived at the place where the black swan was staying.

It was an uncomfortable situation for both of them because of Nia’s work, but neither the Imperial Knight nor Shien expressed their feelings.

“Thank you for your hard work, Lord Rain.”

“No, Your Excellency, Marquis. I will wait here.”

Leaving the imperial knight alone, Che Shien went into the black swan’s residence.

The black swan’s dwelling place was the territory of Drake, who was called the ‘Red Calamity’, but after the black swan hunted him, it was a mountain called the swan’s nest.

The mountain was quite steep, but it didn’t mean much to Shien, so he continued to climb the mountain.

“Who are you?”

I wondered how high it had risen until a woman dressed in black appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of Shien.

It was not difficult to recognize the identity of the black swan’s disciples because it was a traditional costume.

“This is Cien Audas. By order of His Majesty the Emperor, I came to see the Black Swan.”

“… !”

When he heard about Shien’s true identity, the black swan’s disciple couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

A hero suddenly appears?

What’s more, Hwangmyeong?

I came down to send back any passers-by who took the wrong path and punish those who had an evil mind, but I never thought that a hero would come.

As a rule, if a hero came from under the imperial command, it is appropriate to send him back.

Master has no intention of going under anyone, including the emperor.

There is no one, and because of that, he was reluctant to meet with people in power except in special cases.

However, as the disciple thought, he was not a messenger, and he could not send back what the hero had come to directly.

The emperor’s wrath is also wrath, but how does he send back the hero who slayed the demon king?

“… I will guide you.”

In the end, the disciple had no choice.

“Why did the warrior find me?”

“Meet the Black Swan.”

Guided by a disciple, the hero was able to meet the black swan.

Even before Shien was born, she was a black count who competed for the continent’s strongest with Duke Pale and Lion King, but her appearance was a young black-haired beauty.

She reached the stage even before aging progressed, and she was considered the most beautiful master, so the rumor reached Shien as well.

Anyway, it was because he was a great senior to Xian.

Shien took a letter from her chest and she held it out to the black swan.

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It was letter paper with a purple dragon on it.

“Hmm, it’s been a while since I saw this.”

“Long time no see?”

“Yes. The previous emperor also sent me many letters.”

It was disrespectful, but since Shien wasn’t strict with etiquette, she didn’t point it out.

Since before the rise of the Demon King, Shien was just a commoner.

Rather, Shien was curious about the story.

“You mean that the former Emperor sent a letter to the Black Swan?”

“Yes. Come to the kingdom When you come, I will give you this and that. There were a lot of things like this.”

“Did you turn them all down?”

At Shien’s question, the black swan nodded.

“I have no desire for power or wealth, so why would I go under the emperor? I am satisfied with just teaching and training my disciples day by day.”

The black swan said that he would refuse this time as well, but Shien couldn’t return.

No matter what, I was a servant of the emperor, and I felt sorry for the emperor more than loyalty, so I had to complete this mission somehow.

“Please read it first.”

“Well, just reading.”

Black Swan received the stationery and read it down.

[ Estia Herno. Black swan

I heard you have quite a few disciples. It must be because you are very interested in raising juniors.

I’m going to build a new academy.

The eastern part of the empire will be devoted to a facility of unprecedented scale.

I send my dear Marquis, if you fight him and lose, take up a teaching position at the academy.

If you win, he will not recommend you twice.]

“… Are you too selfish? Should I say that he is like an emperor?”

Shien said to the black swan, who was baffled after reading the letter that contained nothing but rhetoric.

“To be honest, I just want you to go to the academy. Since His Majesty cares about talented people, he will treat both Black Swan and his students equally.”

“What if I refuse? Of course, it’s been quite a while since I settled down here, but it’s not a land with special meaning, so I can just run away with my disciples.”

“The Imperial Knights have already surrounded you. A black swan might be able to lose an inch, but… “

“Oh, damn it. Can the hero take someone else’s apprentice and threaten him?”

“… Sorry.”

“After… okay. What. Still, the emperor wouldn’t say it twice. After all, I just have to beat you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Yeah, what. Now that it’s like this, let’s take a look at the hero’s ability to defeat the demon king.”

Saying that, the black swan drew his sword and aimed it at Shien.

Shien also drew his sword and responded.