CH 20

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 20

6. The Duke and the Imperial Palace Banquet (1)

the next morning. When I got on the carriage going to the Imperial Palace, I realized once again that I had returned to my daily life.

Did you eat well?

Serpens nodded his head without saying a word with a very strange expression.

Analyzing the meaning of that expression and staring intently at it, all of a sudden

Serpens took out what looked like a diary from his pocket and handed it to him. three volumes too.

'what? Do you mean to keep a diary of Serpence observation?'

After accepting it and staring blankly, Serpens chinked it as if to open it.

As I was told, I looked at the contents... .

Huh?! Isn't this a novel?

It's kind of like the day when you first participated in the advisory meeting, a genius aide pretended to take notes and read it.

"Hey, how do you know I want this!"

A wave of emotion rushes in at the unexpected gift.

No matter how exciting the advisory meeting is, the first hour can be boring. Just holding back the yawn was enough to make me feel embarrassed.

But now that's a thing of the past!

Your Majesty is directly participating in today's advisory meeting.

Yes?

Does the emperor's attendance at the advisory council have anything to do with this gift?

Come to think of it, I knew nothing about the emperor except that he loved his son very much.

[Master of the Holy Sword] At the beginning of the play, he is an extra character who only appeared before Humanus left after being chosen by the Holy Sword and when he briefly returned to work with the dark house and Serpens.

'After that, he died with the fall of the empire.'

Belatedly, Humanus arrived at the Imperial Palace.

By that time, everything was already over.

So he loved his family and lovers, his country and his people. Lost it all.

'At that time, did Humanus shed tears for the first and last time in the play.'

Leading the party with a bright and cheerful appearance was the same as before, but at night, they struggled with longing for the past, regret and helplessness.

Humanus is how immature he is.

realized that it existed.

He did not realize that his close friend was walking the wrong way.

Had I known that, this tragedy would not have happened.

Pushing him to recognize him, he did not try to find out who he really was.

On a subject like that...

He walked firmly and felt sad alone at his closed heart.

The selfish self of the past was stupid and could not bear it.

Humanus recalled his indecisiveness and fell into remorse.

If only he had killed Serpens, so he hadn't added power to the demon worshipers.

He couldn't shake the thought that the Empire might have survived until his return.

He couldn't break the resentment towards his close friend, and he lamented his own weakness that he couldn't even cut off his life.

So Humanus lost everything and cried.

However, no matter how much I regretted the past, the past could not be turned back.

All he could do was wield his sword.

So, Humanus swung his sword, swung it, and swung it again.

Go Almost cuts down the remnants. To save at least one more person.

Cut off the welcome of a close friend. To make you even stronger.

Cleave your own ghost. so that I can go further.

Perhaps Humanus wanted to hear Serpence's true intentions until the last moment.

If you find out why he acted like that, wouldn't he have been trying to make up for the regrets of the past?

'Or maybe he wanted to deny the tragedy caused by his mistake:'

I wonder if there must have been some meaning in all of this

It may not have been that he had a better option, but that he wanted to believe that this was the best option.

if not either.

Because the only fragment left to Humanus, whose past relationships and memories had completely disappeared, was Serpens.

Maybe he just wanted to hold on to him somehow.

' Then, he's also really bad at making friends.'

Anyway, for that reason, I don't know much about the emperor, but according to Sion's memory, he seems to be quite a holy gun.

Since the Holy Lumen Empire is a segregated society, it is a conflict between successive emperors and popes.

Although there was a bit of tomb, it is said that the period is moderately well-balanced.

'Well, God himself predicted disaster until he sent down the holy sword. It is blasphemy to fight and fight each other in the Holy Empire, not anywhere else.'

To prepare for the catastrophe caused by the demons, they joined forces to raise an army and prepare a temple.

'Because of the serpens attached to the devil's camp, I was defeated individually before I even tried to use it properly.'

Come to think of it, what are the demon worshipers doing?

The question is likely to arise as to whether or not he was holding his hand.

'You just want to look like a bunch of nerds?'

It's not just one or two years, it's been 25 years before the Holy Sword chooses its owner.

If so, what are they doing to give them time to prepare for disaster without quickly summoning the Demon King or anything?

'But according to the worldview written by the author of [Master of the Holy Sword]... .'

This land is a single continent called Canaan.

is said to consist of Of course, there are several large and small islands, but that is out of the question.

The place where Canaan exists is called the 'central world' because the demon realm, the heavenly realm, and the spirit realm revolve around this place.

Spirit hulls that rotate at a certain distance in the innermost part]. Outside that, the demon realm and the heavenly realm revolve in elliptical orbits.

The problem is that they form a scissor shape across each other's orbits, not in the same direction.

It is natural that the closer the dimension, the greater the interference.

The demon worshipers were waiting for it. It was perfect to be subjugated if you ran wild when your strength was vague like now.

'Can't even summon the devil yet?'

One year after the selection of the Holy Sword, the devil appeared, starting with the dark district.

anyway. This is a wonderful time for demon worshipers.

The demon realm and the heavenly realm are placed in a straight line, and the heavenly realm is completely obscured by the demon realm.

to lose There could be no better time to summon the Demon King.

'That's why I'm waiting especially cautiously.'

Coming back to the main topic, today, we are going to discuss this month's schedule and new legislation, along with a monthly report on each territory.

So, don't get caught in the middle of drowsiness, and read a book quietly.

It was not prepared for me, but it must have been prepared for my own image.

But it's an important issue or something to take note of...

I'll take care of all of that, Lord Rivelon, it's enough just to stay awake.

Serpens shook his head and emphasized it again and again.

How the hell are you doing this because the advisory council is boring? Or are you ignoring me?

I personally focused on the latter, but the moment the advisory council started and the emperor opened his mouth.

I put my tongue out at Serpence's cleverness, pulled out a novel and opened it.

'That's enough for just a lullaby!'

Not long after the Emperor started speaking], the commissioners and aides already looked exhausted.

Still, seeing how they try to write down these things is so... .

'If you have a bad head, your body is suffering, but Serpens's brain is good, so my body is comfortable!'

I started to read, flicking the fountain pen that had not even opened the lid. It's a fantasy world, isn't it?

General literature is also exciting like a fantasy novel.

The book read more quickly than I expected. at last

After reading all three books, the meeting was over only when I read half of the first book again.

As soon as Serpens got on the carriage, he started to organize what was mentioned in today's meeting and write it down in his notebook.

It writes well without any blockage.

"Did you memorize the entire meeting?"

Ummm... Sadly, I'm not that great of a person.

"Then what are you writing now?"

"Remember the keywords you wrote down during the meeting.

I'm going to copy it in half and organize it.

By the way, I would like to add, that during meetings there is a lot of discussion and there is a tendency to be somewhat haphazard, so this is neat?

Even if it's not a perfect memory ability, that's already too much of an overflowing genius.

To do such a ghastly thing without any hesitation and to say that you are not good enough.

He ascended to heaven, but he is nowhere to be found.

Eww , the back bone.

Suddenly, a feeling of warmth all over his body turned and when he looked at Serpence, he was also awakening divine power.

" What are you doing?"

Since Lord Rivelon looks very tired.

"Not because of you, but because of the Duke?"

As I grumbled with my mouth open, he responded by tilting his head.

And tomorrow evening there will be a banquet at the Imperial Palace.

A banquet?

Yeah, you can think of this as a monthly event too. You think you'll like it?

You just saw it, I love it!

"I thought so," Serpens nodded.

I don't like the simple me, who clearly knows that I'm going to turn a horse, but I feel better again quickly.

'Of course, a banquet is like a buffet with a full course of delicious food, isn't it?'

From appetizers to desserts. Completely full course!

It's like an all-you-can-eat restaurant. I used to go there a lot with my friends, but for a buffet like a family restaurant, my sister sometimes took her with me.

It's not that I haven't had a girlfriend in my entire life, but it's all about dating briefly when I was in high school.

When I was a student, it was too burdensome to spend tens of thousands of won per person on one meal.

'At least, I want to go eat all of my sister's idleness at home,

They took me with me because I was too lazy to wash and dress up. .'

Because I was 5 years old, I was bullied a lot, but I also loved him a lot.

Since my parents are dual-income, my older sister took care of me most of the time.

So, it seems that I was greatly influenced by my personality and way of thinking.

' I miss you all.'

I was excited about the banquet for only a moment, but thinking of my family and friends makes me depressed again.

And then I suddenly feel better... .

" Duke?"

Suddenly you look depressed again.

It is a subject that cannot even face one's own emotions, and is well aware of the ups and downs of other people's emotions and possesses divine power.

No, no!'

It feels like I've become a manic-depressive patient when I'm feeling bad and then getting better. What the hell is this doing?

This time, it's not the Duke's fault, it's because I have something to think about for a while.

"Can I do more?"

No, that's it!

It's a little creepy to see that emotions are forcibly changed by intention.

That's not the kind of moody or exhilarating kind of thing.

It only calms the unstable psychological state, but it is somehow reluctant.

'Should I say it's like a drug without side effects? Or an immediate-acting tranquilizer?'

There are no withdrawal symptoms, and unless you are hurt or depressed, there is no effect in normal times.

There is no excess though. No matter how good a drug is, it is poisonous if taken in excess.

If this repeats itself, just like a depressed patient depends on a tranquilizer.

It will become difficult to endure even insignificant things, and you will end up relying on it.

' what? The more I think about it, the more dangerous it seems to me?'

Can you say that this has no side effects?

Rather, there are no withdrawal symptoms, so the thought that I can quit at any time makes me fall in love even more.

"Duke, if you just have divine power, can you do it all?"

"It looks simple, but it's a delicate job . It's a technical issue rather than the amount of divine power, so there will be only about 10 people on the continent who can do it."

Aren't you overusing such advanced technology too much?

Because it was so comfortable to use as if it were breathing, I thought it was just a characteristic of the divine power. So I thought I could just blow it in, but how often did I use it... if?

' Wait, is that so?'

I tried to shake off any thoughts that ran through my mind for a moment. I feel like I know something I shouldn't know.

"Would you like more?"

No, that's it! Unless you're hurt enough to need treatment, or if I didn't ask for it. You'll be limping in the future]! Don't infuse me with divine power.

In the future, the use of serpentine tranquilizers and anti-fatigue drugs will be completely banned.

Why is that?

It's hard to explain right now... Anyway, if you want to check if it's true black magic, at least I won't be depressed].

I want you to ask and do it.

Serpens made a face that he couldn't understand the meaning.