chapter 300
300.Baron Johann Quartz Enters! (Complete)
“Your majesty. This is the supply of the demon Agares, who was plotting in the capital.”
“Oh, this is…”
The Emperor lifted up Agares’ ugly, distorted head and looked at it blankly, then raised the head of the great demon high above his head and shouted.
“My subjects! “My faithful knight has brought me the supplies of the great devil!”
“Waa!”
“Long live your Majesty the Emperor!”
“Long live the Quartz Baron!”
No one doubted that I had caught the devil.
It was natural, because Agares’ head was flowing with enough energy to make even people who couldn’t feel magic feel their skin tingle. It’s like this when you’re dead, but if you’d seen it while alive, it wouldn’t have been surprising if people started panicking as a group.
“Now you are a count! From this moment on, I will elevate the title of Baron Quartz to Count!”
Huh?
Oh, you mean to raise your title? There were many nobles around, but no nobles opposed it. If you object here, you’re going to fight with me, but what are you going to do with the guy who’s going to cut off every bit of the great devil?
I thought it would be a pretty good harvest just by driving out the Agares, but when I cut off the heads and brought them back, there was a lot more rice cake than I expected.
“Long live Count Quartz!”
“Bless the Empire’s new hero!”
It’s a blessing, so why not give me some compensation? There are so many delicious things in the imperial treasury, you can just get one. With that in mind, I ignored the emperor’s lengthy speech.
Anyway, since the crisis of the empire was over, it was a story about blah blah blah.
In fact, the problem is not the devil anymore, but the real problem is the foreign invasion that will invade this land in earnest, and the demon dragon that is trying to be revived a year early for some reason.
My prediction is that there will be a high probability that the demon dragon will awaken when the fall or winter of this year begins. We have to somehow catch the demon dragon before the foreign media goes on a rampage.
Because he was an incredibly powerful guy, befitting his name as the final boss of the original. A situation like the foreign media should never happen. As the available resources are limited, foreign powers will easily invade this land while the demon dragon is stopped.
So, we have to stop the demon dragon somehow.
Adding a seal… Is possible, but there is no need to lose strength by doing something that is only a stopgap measure. If the seal created by some variable is broken, we will have to deal with the demon dragon and foreign media at the same time.
I somehow control the demon dragon.
That was the best we could do.
Fortunately, I had the Demon Dragon’s strategy, and by using it, I was able to greatly increase my chances of success. Still, it is by no means an easy opponent… But the value of being the final boss of a route is by no means small.
“Count Quartz. Is there something you want?”
“Yes. Your Majesty the Emperor. “God wants something.”
“Oh, what was it? Tell me.”
“The threat to the Empire is not over yet. “Your Majesty, have you ever heard of the Demon Dragon?”
“It’s a demonic dragon… Isn’t it something briefly mentioned in history books? “No way?”
As expected, you are quick-witted. I continued speaking, feeling the air suddenly settled.
“Grand Wizard Merlin informed me that the condition of the volcano where the demon dragon was sealed about six months ago was unusual. “You don’t know when you will wake up, so you have to prepare in advance.”
“It’s a demon dragon. I understand.”
“However, Your Majesty. The resurrection of the demon dragon, something like that…”
“Minister of Finance Olive. A devil that only appeared in history books has appeared, so what would be strange about the resurrection of a demonic dragon? The Minister of Finance quickly raises the budget to prepare for the resurrection of the Demon Dragon. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bit excessive. Cough…”
“I will follow your orders!”
“Minister of Military Affairs, select elites and have them station troops on the volcano!”
“I will prepare right away!”
After all, if you pick off the devil’s head twice, you’ll gain trust that wasn’t there before. I thought about whether I should like this or not and decided to pass on it in moderation. It’s a hassle to become too famous, but now you don’t have to worry about that.
Anyway, if you can’t catch the demon dragon or exterminate the foreign god, you’re screwed if you can’t do one of the two.
“Your majesty. “Can I take care of Agares’ supply?”
“Did you mean supply and demand?”
“Yes.”
“Is there a reason?”
There are many reasons.
“There is information to be found through the supply and demand of Agares.
Besides, I don’t think anything good will happen if you leave the devil’s head in the imperial family. As you can see, it is too dangerous to be left for ornamental purposes, and it is unknown what kind of negative impact the devil will have.
As you know, it’s like the 3rd Prince is possessed by the devil.”
“Huh…”
The emperor, who was debating whether to keep it stuffed in the imperial family or hand it over to me, eventually agreed to my request.
“So be it. And what happened to the devil?”
“We dealt with that demon at the same time as we dealt with Agares.”
Of course I didn’t kill him. I locked him up in my mansion. I planned to take it with me when I returned to Yeomyeonggwan and use it here and there. If you don’t want to die, you’ll figure it out on your own. If he wanted to resist, I planned to brainwash him into Lue and use him.
I had more knowledge about hell than I thought, so there is quite a bit to leave out.
“Thank goodness. Count Quartz. “Are you not interested in working under Jim?”
“I have sworn to protect her saint from threats for the rest of her life.”
Am I crazy to work for the empire? It’s obvious that if I work for the empire, they’ll make me work to the point where I’ll die from overwork.
Fortunately, the emperor accepted my euphemistic refusal without much opposition. Maybe it’s because I’ve become too big to be pushed around with power.
To put it bluntly, there is nothing more foolish than trying to do something to yourself with power. It’s a situation where the entire empire has to show favor towards me.
It was a pleasant experience to be able to get to a position where I could choose the next emperor. In other words, the fact that I have risen to such a position means that I have the power to put a stop to the emperor’s rampage.
It wouldn’t be unreasonable to make him a puppet if he went a little further, but I have too much work to do to do that.
We should hand over the troublesome work to the empire and proceed with ease.
Because it was a build-up to do that.
“…No matter how busy you are, you can’t finish the banquet! “I will hold a banquet to commemorate our victory over the devils!”
Yes?
No, wait.
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One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
“You’re used to it now.”
“I danced until I got sick of it.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“You worked hard too. Karina.”
“Hehe, it’s nothing compared to Yohan. Anyway, I’m worried that Yohan has become too popular.”
“To be honest, it was annoying.”
They say that thanks to Karina, women don’t cling to her, but on the other hand, it feels a bit strange to see men clinging to her.
It was okay for knights to stick around, but it was unsightly for all kinds of nobles to fawn while rubbing their palms together.
Of course, I know she wants to be close to me since she happened to be in a position where she can decide the next emperor…
“I’ll have to wash up right after the party. “I felt a bit uncomfortable attending right after the banquet ended.”
“Do you want to shower together? “I will wash you.”
“Karina. “The joke is too harsh.”
“Is it okay if it’s John?”
Karina smiled meaningfully and placed her hand on my chest. She was so blatantly tempting that I began to wonder if this was the Karina I knew.
“Honestly, I can’t say it doesn’t appeal to me, but I’ll hold back for now. “Once I start…I don’t know if I can handle it.”
Because water once spilled cannot be picked up again.
Although Karina was wondering if she understood what I meant, she said as she fell into my arms.
“I can wait because I understand John’s position. But… “Should I be the first?”
“Of course.”
I combed Karina’s silky, soft hair with my hands. We stood like that for a while, enjoying the sweet atmosphere.
Until Leni appeared behind me.
“Johan, Karina. No matter what, it keeps happening…Wouldn’t that be a bit like that?”
“Ah…”
“I’m sorry.”
“No, there’s nothing to be sorry about…I feel like I’m in the way.”
A bitter smile appeared on her face as she looked at Leni in surprise.
“Aren’t you part of our family too?”
“It’s a bit embarrassing to say that…”
“Do you need to be ashamed? “Lenny has always been my family.”
“I am? “Am I?”
“Ah, Millia. Of course, that includes you.”
“I am yo… ?”
“Of course…You’re surrounded here too.”
“No, uncle. “If we stand there hugging each other for about 30 minutes, no one will be paying attention, right?”
Ah, I see.
I looked away from Viola, who was dressed in an unusually feminine way, and scratched her head.
Ah, I don’t know.
“…Who wants to dance next?”
“The next dance is mine!”
“Okay, don’t get too excited.”
Then, when her head falls, it’s a mess.
I smiled seeing Milia happy like a child.
It’s a garden party to enjoy with lovers after a banquet full of annoying people.
Still, it’s a good thing because the end is happy.
I spoke to Milia with my left hand behind her back and my right hand out her, as I learned in dance lessons.
“Hmm. Millia. Will you accept my dance request?”
“…Yes!”
Millia held my hand with a bright smile.
After everything was over, it was a peaceful garden party scene.