Betrayal Knight’s Joyful Faith - Chapter 427



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The Cheerful God of Betrayal Chapter 427

101. Trampling on the peace stained with the blood of darkness

That afternoon.

An urgent meeting was called at the Imperial Palace of the Kalion Empire. The nobles who gathered in the conference room at the sudden call were shocked to hear about the battle that had taken place the night before.

Laius continued his explanation calmly, facing the nobles who could not hide their distressed expressions.

“Seven humanoid ghouls and approximately forty ghoul entities were subdued. Fortunately, none of them were homunculi, but the humanoid ghouls were all fully intelligent, a type of ‘miracle soldier.’ It is assumed that this was an attempt to kidnap or assassinate Prince Louis and Princess Lieta, who were recuperating.”

Duke Lancelot, who had been listening quietly with his eyes closed, groaned.

“It must have been a tough fight, but you managed to hold it off. That’s fortunate. I heard that the werewolf Your Majesty took in recently earned great merits.”

“Your Majesty’s grace has returned to me. It is a good thing.”

When someone said that, the other nobles also nodded seriously in agreement.

Cantares, who sat at the highest seat, did not respond and just watched them quietly.

After a while, the words he had expected came out.

“This is all thanks to Lady Luce.”

It was a phrase that an old nobleman would mutter out of habit. Then everyone started to join in, murmur in unison. Some even muttered a short prayer.

It was a familiar sight.

But Cantares could not accept that sight with ease.

‘To these people… … .’

It would be impossible to say that Luce and Chernion are like two-sided coins.

Even if the Crown Prince himself said it, they would certainly not believe it.

So then, what should the Kalyon Empire, which grew up under the name of the Holy Empire, do?

‘… … I really don’t know.’

Cantares slowly closed his eyes and opened them, then changed the subject.

“The Royal Knights of Lucain are currently pursuing them, but since they are skilled in teleportation magic, it is difficult to expect much gain. Rather than risk having their location discovered while running away, they will most likely choose suicide.”

They considered themselves to be mere tools, tools to be used to bring back the glory of the god Chernion to this land.

“We must be thoroughly prepared, as we do not know when or where another attack will occur. We will call it a day, and if there are any further changes, we will notify you immediately.”

Sighing deeply, Cantares declared the meeting over. The nobles all bowed their heads deeply toward the crown prince.

Somehow, looking at them made my head feel even more dizzy.

After leaving the conference room, Cantares naturally began walking towards his office.

“I have no idea what to do.”

He blurted out to Laius, who was walking one step behind him. Laius was silent for a moment before answering.

“Your Majesty, you are doing better than anyone else. You are a descendant of His Majesty the First Emperor.”

“… … It’s such an honor to hear such words from a living hero.”

Cantares, who had been silent for a moment, smiled weakly.

“Well, Your Majesty, when I was young, you often affectionately called me Khan.”

Now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem like a very fitting nickname.

He is too calculating to deserve such a nickname.

In that sense, Laius, who knew everything but did his job without wavering, could be said to be a model hero.

Cantares glanced at Leos.

‘It seemed like he was quite agitated for a while.’

In the midst of the recent turmoil, he seemed to have become even stronger.

Far from having any doubts, he never took the holy sword off his body for even a moment.

Laius was simply focused on defeating the enemies who threatened the safety of the empire.

‘perhaps…….’

Maybe he accepted his fate in order to protect the one he loved.

Like the hero Khan, who made many sacrifices to rise to the position of a hero.

Without further conversation, the two walked silently to their destination.

“Please come in.”

As soon as he reached the office, Lyos took a step forward and grabbed the doorknob himself.

But the moment the door opened, both of them froze at the same time at the sight that unfolded before their eyes.

“Why do you react like that when you see someone? I think it’s really unfortunate that I’m here.”

It was because of the shameless apprentice knight who was occupying the sofa and munching on snacks alone in the empty office as if he were the owner.

widely.

Laius hit his forehead hard.

“… … I’m sorry. Seriously. I’ll scold you later.”

“… … Okay. It’s not like it’s been a day or two.”

Cantares answered in a trembling voice. Jereon, who had been delivering tea and snacks to Arendt, smiled awkwardly at the two of them.

“Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty. And Commander Lyos.”

“It was hard work, but why? Rather than looking at that guy’s face, I think it would be more comfortable to look at those gloomy old men in the conference room.”

As he grumbled, Cantares entered the office. Whether the Crown Prince or her superiors came in or not, Arendt just sat there with a haughty attitude, drinking tea or something.

“You came sooner than I expected.”

“Where did you sell the greetings… … No. That’s enough.”

Cantares gave up everything and slumped down on the high seat.

Laius, who was also embarrassed and hung his head, sat opposite Arendt.

Only then did Arendt nod dryly at them.

“You came earlier than I expected.”

“Why are you here?”

Arendt shrugged as Cantares asked with a hint of annoyance.

“I stayed up all night with a certain prince who was on the verge of being squeamish, trying to figure out the situation there. I also did some work while writing a report, and I came here to deliver it to you.”

Dalgrak, the apprentice knight put down his teacup.

“As you might expect, I would like to ask that you do not make public the involvement of the Explorers’ Association. It may interfere with future activities.”

So, for now, I decided to go to that area at the request of Neumann Information and get caught up in it by chance.

The fee was to be paid from Arendt’s assets in the name of Neumann.

“For the time being, the Duke of Middleton will secretly look after you. He said he will provide support from both the healer and the priest, so you don’t have to worry about that.”

“What about Warren?”

Arendt gave a quick answer to Cantares’ short question.

“He’s probably wagging his tail next to Princess Lieta and Prince Luis. I told him to keep guarding them for the time being in case they attack again. Oh, and I kept the fact that the Cernion Church attacked a secret from the prince and princess.”

“Is the Duke hiding it?”

This time, when Leo asked a question, Arendt simply nodded.

“Yes. I said I wanted to chat for a while and put some sleeping pills in his tea to put him to sleep. And then the Duke himself went out to the battlefield.”

Thanks to Warren’s discovery of the enemy who was spying in hiding, they were able to prepare well before the attack.

Moreover, the experienced Duke of Middleton’s calm response also played a big role in protecting the prince and princess.

While the two were comfortably traveling through dreamland, the Duke fought desperately to protect his nephews.

“So, for the time being, it would be best for you to keep quiet. Well, Crown Prince Victor… … No, His Highness the Iron Crown will take care of it.”

Laius, who had been silent for a moment, began to speak.

“… … You must not call His Majesty the King of an ally a piece of scrap metal.”

“What does it matter if we call scrap iron scrap iron?”

But the impudent apprentice simply picked up a piece of candy and put it in his mouth.

“Anyway, our most talented reptile has come forward. He’ll take a look around the Kingdom of Lucain to see if he can find anything.”

“Reptiles… … .”

This time, Cantares let out a tired voice.

“I think Lexion’s side is much better than the Royal Knights. I told him to wipe out any remaining forces. And Warren captured three human ghouls, or miracle soldiers… … .”

Arendt continued, swallowing the cookie.

“Sleep tricks didn’t work on them. Of course, since they weren’t alive in the first place. I tried to interrogate them if possible.”

Arendt frowned slightly after saying that.

“Before that could happen, it exploded. As a result, one of the dungeons in the Duke of Middleton’s estate was destroyed. Fortunately, no one was killed or injured.”

“Explosion? Oh, no way… … .”

Cantares, who was following his words, realized something. Arendt nodded slightly.

“Yes. There was a similar incident before. The ghoul’s body exploded along with the carriage while being transported to Count Stadler’s laboratory. It seems that it was set to explode after a certain amount of time if captured or the body was transferred.”

The situation was the same for those captured by Warren, even though they only had their heads left.

“It’s probably the work of Jiklin. I don’t think it’s a good idea to capture them and interrogate them. For now, we’ll just have to kill them all we see. We were quite lucky in capturing the priests last time.”

Maybe this was our last chance to get information out of them.

The expressions on Cantares and Raios’ faces became complicated as they thought about it that far.

Arendt’s indifferent voice continued.

“Now that they know Warren is glaring, I don’t think they’ll bother to target the prince and princess again. They probably just wanted to take them hostage to use in future fights… … .”

Arendt paused for a moment, then tilted her head while holding a snack in one hand.

“What does it matter now? We’ll all be killed in the war anyway.”

“… … .”

The tone was infinitely indifferent, but the content contained within was simply eerie. Arendt added leisurely, staring at Laius and Cantares, who had their mouths tightly shut.

“They have only one goal. To wipe out all those who believe in Luce on this land. After that, they will create their own world and record Luce as an evil god in history.”

The name Luce is erased from all records and anyone who remembers her existence is killed.

Just like Luce did in the past.

It soon meant the destruction of the present world built on Luce’s name.

“Please, I beg you… … .”

Cantares forced the corners of his lips, which were starting to stiffen, up.

“Stop saying things like that with such a straight face. It gives me the creeps.”

“It’s not like I said anything out of the blue.”

Regardless, Arendt responded nonchalantly, stuffing a cookie into her mouth.

“It will happen sooner or later, for sure. This is just the beginning.”