Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

56 – Part 2 Episode 12

Island, now only traces of the academy remain.

The princess, Rael Arhan, was lost in thought, unable to hide her distraught heart.

‘Everyone is because of me.’

Countless cadets died trying to protect themselves or being caught up in it.

Of course, she knew it wasn’t her fault.

Who would have predicted that a beastman, and even the chieftain of a tribe, would raid the academy and commit a massacre without a declaration of war.

However, the fact that they were not to blame for the disaster provided no consolation to the dead. Her sense of shame that she couldn’t do anything continued to torment her princess.

“The Princess.”

“Ar… “

And there was one more cadet who survived the disaster.

“To be honest, I still don’t know. Why, why did this happen? Why did they have to die?”

Since that day, Ar has changed.

She, who always laughed, no longer laughed, and she was never seen again, as if she always had fun.

“People say that the President, and the seniors, juniors, and friends who died that day are heroes. That it was a noble sacrifice. But, I don’t know.”

Ar’s bright eyes also lost their light.

With empty eyes, Ar said.

“Pia said she would go on her trip after graduating from the academy. She said she would like to see the sea, and after she saw it, she said she would tell me her impressions. Neil said he would become a knight, and Tone said he would inherit the guild. And Chan… “

One by one, Ar put the stories of the dead cadets into her mouth.

Of course, these were things the princess also remembered.

This was not the first time Argai had been telling the story, and she sometimes said the same thing twice without saying the same thing, but the princess kept silent.

“I don’t know. Everyone had a dream. Now I can’t do it.”

Having said that, Ar pulled out something of her from her bosom.

It was a letter from the emperor with a picture of a purple dragon.

“Still, just one. I know something. She kept her Majesty’s orders to protect the princess. Because His Majesty told me to protect the princess. She, of course, would have kept her without orders, but she did, and she did.”

Since that day, Ar has not removed the Emperor’s correspondence from his body even for a moment.

Because the princess was protected. Because she said His Majesty did well too. Because she told me it wasn’t a meaningless sacrifice.

Now, with his gaze completely fixed on the letter, Ar spoke to the princess or to himself.

“I will protect the princess. She kept it, and she will keep it. So it’s not a dog death. Because that’s what it means because they are heroes therefore.”

Ar raised his head again and looked at her princess.

“I will protect the princess. Certainly.”

Because that’s all I have left.

As he said that, Ar’s appearance was closer to that of a madman than that of a knight swearing to protect his master.

The princess had no choice but to nod her head to Ar, who kept repeating himself as if he was brainwashing himself.

As the princess looked at Ar, she remembered the joint funeral that had taken place not too long ago.

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The largest square in the islands.

The emperor ascended to the platform installed in the center.

For the first time since the warrior’s welcome ceremony, the emperor stood in front of his subjects, but the atmosphere was the opposite.

“Not long ago, there was great sorrow in the Empire.”

Attack of beastmen.

Most of the raids were aimed at nobles and knights, but there were also some ordinary subjects who were caught up and killed.

And the academy.

Iranja, the chief of the Mae tribe, led his warriors to raid the academy where the students were still young, and slaughtered the cadets staying at the academy at the time.

Earl Darhan, who was the president and master of the academy, was attacked by beastmen, but fell down only after killing everyone except the chieftain.

The chief who was left alone killed the cadets again to find the princess,

He almost accomplished his main purpose of killing the princess, but was stopped by the still-living cadets.

When the last cadet was left, the leader of the Knights Hwang Young arrived and killed the prisoner, ending the disaster.

“As always, the Empire is victorious. The beasts who dared to step on the land of the empire, and tried to step on it, were annihilated, and the god they worshiped was cut in half and died. However, that doesn’t make the sorrow we went through disappear.”

Few people recognized him because he was wearing plain clothes, but among those who participated in the joint funeral, there were many members of the Hwangyeong Knights.

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The vice-captain of the Hwangyoung Knights, who was always brilliant, listened to the emperor with his head bowed with a stiff face, and the Hwangyeong Knights, who were known to have no blood or tears, looked at him with pity.

Also, among the crowd, there was also Ar, who attended with an injured body.

Her emperor, who found her somewhere wrong with her expression, looked right at her and continued her words.

“The reason why the empire was able to completely win was thanks to the heroic struggles of those who left first. My dear, the Empire will never forget them.”

Is that a fake, or is it sincere?

Similarly, Rael, who was there, looked at his brother and thought.

Rael knew the Emperor’s ways.

Perhaps the emperor was interested in the princess herself, even before that.

Except for Ar, who was attached to himself as a guard, the rest of the cadets

You won’t even know the name.

If they stand out in the future, they will receive a report then.

However, it would not be a lie to say that they would remember their deaths.

I wondered what meaning it would be to remember the deaths of people whose names I didn’t even know, but I also thought that it couldn’t be helped.

Even while the princess was lost in her thoughts, the emperor continued to speak to her.

“Now, Jim says, they will rest in peace forever.”

Like the spirits of the priests, these words were filled with power.

However, it was not a prayer to Kiriya, but also a declaration made by himself.

It was a word that conveyed clearly that he was sincere, and somehow Rael felt as if he had been comforted.

After saying that, the emperor went down the podium, and the imperial knights and nobles proceeded with the remaining procedures.

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The princess thought of the emperor.

He was also the enemy of his mother’s family, and he was also a cold-blooded man who killed all the nobles who supported him, but in the end he was the emperor of the empire.

In the end, it was the emperor, not himself, who took care of the disaster that occurred in the empire and avenged the dead students.

‘… What would I have done?’

Nothing.

Actually, it’s not just this time.

Competition for succession, in fact, we couldn’t even compete properly…

After being completely pushed out, I only noticed the emperor, but I couldn’t do anything.

Before entering the academy, he just lived a quiet life, and even after entering the academy, he did not step forward.

“Sir Giel.”

“Yes, Her Highness.”

After her academy’s disaster, division commander Hwang Yeong-gi always stayed by her princess’ side and escorted her with her Hwangmyeong.

When her princess called, Giel appeared out of nowhere and answered.

“I’d like to meet Your Majesty.”

“Your Majesty, do you mean?”

Giel had been instrumental in purging the princess faction nobles by order of the emperor when the emperor had just ascended the throne, so she knew very well how much the princess feared the emperor.

“… Are you okay?”

Giel was also a knight who had been watching over her princess since she was very young, serving her former emperor.

Although she was not the subject of the princess’s loyalty, she had a heart of concern.

However, the princess’s determination was firm.

Until when, she can’t live without doing anything.

If I live meaninglessly like this, I have no face to face those who died for me.

Thinking so, the princess decided to move right away.

“Yes, it’s fine. So Sir Giel, to your Majesty. Please tell me that Rael Arhan wants to see you.”

“… I understand, Her Highness the Princess.”

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“Your Majesty, may I come in?”

“Hmm?”

While I was preparing to send off the Duke of Verde and welcome the Pope, Frio came to visit me.

Frio is actually acting as the general manager because he attached Giel as Rael’s escort, so why did he come to see me?

Ah, did you run into a problem with the Hwang Young Knight you sent to the Chamber?

Or is there a problem with the side you attached to Shien?

With those thoughts in my head, I sang Prio.

“Come in.”

“Your Majesty, this is a message from the captain.”

“Wonder Giel?”

“Yes. That is, Her Highness wants to see Her Majesty.”

“Rael?”

I never thought why Rael would find me first.

If there was something wrong, it would have been reported through Giel, but it’s not like that.

“It’s evening soon, so tell me I’ll invite you to dinner.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Well, we should meet and hear what’s going on.